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can i write headlines on side of text in a word document?
i want to write a summary phrase of a few words next to each paragraph in a
word document. i can't figure out how to write (or insert a text box) outside of the margins. is it possible, and if so how? thank you |
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can i write headlines on side of text in a word document?
See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/MarginalText.htm
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "grant writer" grant wrote in message ... i want to write a summary phrase of a few words next to each paragraph in a word document. i can't figure out how to write (or insert a text box) outside of the margins. is it possible, and if so how? thank you |
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can i write headlines on side of text in a word document?
You could do it using a text box... but the wrapping style needs to be set
to the drawing layer. "In front of text" seems to work well for this sort of thing. Right-click the edge of the text box and choose Format Textbox. Then, in the Layout tab, set the wrapping style to In front of text. This will allow you to drag the textbox into the margin area. If you *always* want to be able to drag text boxes, then choose Tools - Options - Edit, and set Insert/Paste pictures as: to In front of text (or perhaps one of the other option better suits your everyday needs). In Word 2007, the setting is found in Word Options - Advanced - Cut, copy, and paste section. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "grant writer" grant wrote in message ... i want to write a summary phrase of a few words next to each paragraph in a word document. i can't figure out how to write (or insert a text box) outside of the margins. is it possible, and if so how? thank you |
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can i write headlines on side of text in a word document?
A frame is much more suitable for this purpose because it can be
incorporated in a paragraph style, making insertion as easy as applying the style; see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/MarginalText.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... You could do it using a text box... but the wrapping style needs to be set to the drawing layer. "In front of text" seems to work well for this sort of thing. Right-click the edge of the text box and choose Format Textbox. Then, in the Layout tab, set the wrapping style to In front of text. This will allow you to drag the textbox into the margin area. If you *always* want to be able to drag text boxes, then choose Tools - Options - Edit, and set Insert/Paste pictures as: to In front of text (or perhaps one of the other option better suits your everyday needs). In Word 2007, the setting is found in Word Options - Advanced - Cut, copy, and paste section. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "grant writer" grant wrote in message ... i want to write a summary phrase of a few words next to each paragraph in a word document. i can't figure out how to write (or insert a text box) outside of the margins. is it possible, and if so how? thank you |
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can i write headlines on side of text in a word document?
I'm not sure I agree that frames are more suitable. Textboxes can be
inserted using AutoText entries, when needed. I find textboxes much more flexible, more predictable, and less cryptic than frames... and certainly easier to get to in recent versions of Word. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... A frame is much more suitable for this purpose because it can be incorporated in a paragraph style, making insertion as easy as applying the style; see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/MarginalText.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... You could do it using a text box... but the wrapping style needs to be set to the drawing layer. "In front of text" seems to work well for this sort of thing. Right-click the edge of the text box and choose Format Textbox. Then, in the Layout tab, set the wrapping style to In front of text. This will allow you to drag the textbox into the margin area. If you *always* want to be able to drag text boxes, then choose Tools - Options - Edit, and set Insert/Paste pictures as: to In front of text (or perhaps one of the other option better suits your everyday needs). In Word 2007, the setting is found in Word Options - Advanced - Cut, copy, and paste section. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "grant writer" grant wrote in message ... i want to write a summary phrase of a few words next to each paragraph in a word document. i can't figure out how to write (or insert a text box) outside of the margins. is it possible, and if so how? thank you |
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But headings in text boxes won't be seen by the TOC or for cross-references
in versions before Word 2007. Frames are relatively easy to access in versions through Word 2003, since Insert Frame is still on the Forms toolbar (and easy enough to add to any toolbar); Word 2007 does make it a bit harder to find. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... I'm not sure I agree that frames are more suitable. Textboxes can be inserted using AutoText entries, when needed. I find textboxes much more flexible, more predictable, and less cryptic than frames... and certainly easier to get to in recent versions of Word. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... A frame is much more suitable for this purpose because it can be incorporated in a paragraph style, making insertion as easy as applying the style; see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/MarginalText.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... You could do it using a text box... but the wrapping style needs to be set to the drawing layer. "In front of text" seems to work well for this sort of thing. Right-click the edge of the text box and choose Format Textbox. Then, in the Layout tab, set the wrapping style to In front of text. This will allow you to drag the textbox into the margin area. If you *always* want to be able to drag text boxes, then choose Tools - Options - Edit, and set Insert/Paste pictures as: to In front of text (or perhaps one of the other option better suits your everyday needs). In Word 2007, the setting is found in Word Options - Advanced - Cut, copy, and paste section. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "grant writer" grant wrote in message ... i want to write a summary phrase of a few words next to each paragraph in a word document. i can't figure out how to write (or insert a text box) outside of the margins. is it possible, and if so how? thank you |
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can i write headlines on side of text in a word document?
That reason for eschewing text boxes is history in Word 2007. Headings in
text boxes *do* show up in the TOC in Word 2007, and text box material is available for cross references. Aside from that, from my reading, the subject line notwithstanding, OP doesn't want side headings. OP wants "to write a summary phrase of a few words next to each paragraph", so presumably, the TOC isn't an issue. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... But headings in text boxes won't be seen by the TOC or for cross-references in versions before Word 2007. Frames are relatively easy to access in versions through Word 2003, since Insert Frame is still on the Forms toolbar (and easy enough to add to any toolbar); Word 2007 does make it a bit harder to find. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... I'm not sure I agree that frames are more suitable. Textboxes can be inserted using AutoText entries, when needed. I find textboxes much more flexible, more predictable, and less cryptic than frames... and certainly easier to get to in recent versions of Word. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... A frame is much more suitable for this purpose because it can be incorporated in a paragraph style, making insertion as easy as applying the style; see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/MarginalText.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... You could do it using a text box... but the wrapping style needs to be set to the drawing layer. "In front of text" seems to work well for this sort of thing. Right-click the edge of the text box and choose Format Textbox. Then, in the Layout tab, set the wrapping style to In front of text. This will allow you to drag the textbox into the margin area. If you *always* want to be able to drag text boxes, then choose Tools - Options - Edit, and set Insert/Paste pictures as: to In front of text (or perhaps one of the other option better suits your everyday needs). In Word 2007, the setting is found in Word Options - Advanced - Cut, copy, and paste section. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "grant writer" grant wrote in message ... i want to write a summary phrase of a few words next to each paragraph in a word document. i can't figure out how to write (or insert a text box) outside of the margins. is it possible, and if so how? thank you |
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can i write headlines on side of text in a word document?
If you will read carefully, I wrote, "But headings in text boxes won't be
seen by the TOC or for cross-references in versions *before Word 2007.*" The fact that the problem is "history in Word 2007" is irrelevant if you are not using Word 2007 or if the documents you produce must be backward-compatible. I'll concede your point that the OP doesn't seem to want to use this for headings. I still maintain that it is far easier to apply a style that positions a frame exactly where you want it (the same place every time, formatted just as required) than to insert a text box and format it. Even if you save the text box as an AutoText entry or building block, it is quite likely to be unpredictable. However, chacun à son goût, different strokes for different folks, tomaytoes/tomahtoes, etc. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... That reason for eschewing text boxes is history in Word 2007. Headings in text boxes *do* show up in the TOC in Word 2007, and text box material is available for cross references. Aside from that, from my reading, the subject line notwithstanding, OP doesn't want side headings. OP wants "to write a summary phrase of a few words next to each paragraph", so presumably, the TOC isn't an issue. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... But headings in text boxes won't be seen by the TOC or for cross-references in versions before Word 2007. Frames are relatively easy to access in versions through Word 2003, since Insert Frame is still on the Forms toolbar (and easy enough to add to any toolbar); Word 2007 does make it a bit harder to find. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... I'm not sure I agree that frames are more suitable. Textboxes can be inserted using AutoText entries, when needed. I find textboxes much more flexible, more predictable, and less cryptic than frames... and certainly easier to get to in recent versions of Word. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... A frame is much more suitable for this purpose because it can be incorporated in a paragraph style, making insertion as easy as applying the style; see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/MarginalText.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... You could do it using a text box... but the wrapping style needs to be set to the drawing layer. "In front of text" seems to work well for this sort of thing. Right-click the edge of the text box and choose Format Textbox. Then, in the Layout tab, set the wrapping style to In front of text. This will allow you to drag the textbox into the margin area. If you *always* want to be able to drag text boxes, then choose Tools - Options - Edit, and set Insert/Paste pictures as: to In front of text (or perhaps one of the other option better suits your everyday needs). In Word 2007, the setting is found in Word Options - Advanced - Cut, copy, and paste section. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "grant writer" grant wrote in message ... i want to write a summary phrase of a few words next to each paragraph in a word document. i can't figure out how to write (or insert a text box) outside of the margins. is it possible, and if so how? thank you |
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Ah. I missed the "before Word 2007".
I've been using text boxes associated with AutoText (building blocks, in Word 2007) for quite a while, and they've never been unpredictable at all as long as the positioning is set correctly--the same requirement as when using frames. But, I've always disliked frames, so I'm probably biased against them. Perhaps the way they've been marginalized in later versions of Word has supported me in my bias. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... If you will read carefully, I wrote, "But headings in text boxes won't be seen by the TOC or for cross-references in versions *before Word 2007.*" The fact that the problem is "history in Word 2007" is irrelevant if you are not using Word 2007 or if the documents you produce must be backward-compatible. I'll concede your point that the OP doesn't seem to want to use this for headings. I still maintain that it is far easier to apply a style that positions a frame exactly where you want it (the same place every time, formatted just as required) than to insert a text box and format it. Even if you save the text box as an AutoText entry or building block, it is quite likely to be unpredictable. However, chacun à son goût, different strokes for different folks, tomaytoes/tomahtoes, etc. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... That reason for eschewing text boxes is history in Word 2007. Headings in text boxes *do* show up in the TOC in Word 2007, and text box material is available for cross references. Aside from that, from my reading, the subject line notwithstanding, OP doesn't want side headings. OP wants "to write a summary phrase of a few words next to each paragraph", so presumably, the TOC isn't an issue. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... But headings in text boxes won't be seen by the TOC or for cross-references in versions before Word 2007. Frames are relatively easy to access in versions through Word 2003, since Insert Frame is still on the Forms toolbar (and easy enough to add to any toolbar); Word 2007 does make it a bit harder to find. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... I'm not sure I agree that frames are more suitable. Textboxes can be inserted using AutoText entries, when needed. I find textboxes much more flexible, more predictable, and less cryptic than frames... and certainly easier to get to in recent versions of Word. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... A frame is much more suitable for this purpose because it can be incorporated in a paragraph style, making insertion as easy as applying the style; see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/MarginalText.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... You could do it using a text box... but the wrapping style needs to be set to the drawing layer. "In front of text" seems to work well for this sort of thing. Right-click the edge of the text box and choose Format Textbox. Then, in the Layout tab, set the wrapping style to In front of text. This will allow you to drag the textbox into the margin area. If you *always* want to be able to drag text boxes, then choose Tools - Options - Edit, and set Insert/Paste pictures as: to In front of text (or perhaps one of the other option better suits your everyday needs). In Word 2007, the setting is found in Word Options - Advanced - Cut, copy, and paste section. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "grant writer" grant wrote in message ... i want to write a summary phrase of a few words next to each paragraph in a word document. i can't figure out how to write (or insert a text box) outside of the margins. is it possible, and if so how? thank you |
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I've always been rather fond of frames, probably at least in part because
until recently I worked almost exclusively in Normal view (where you can see the content of frames but not text boxes). Because they don't have as many wrapping options as text boxes, they're somewhat less complicated (and of course less versatile), and they behave a lot like ordinary text in many ways, using borders rather than lines, for example. An advantage of borders is that you can have a partial border (or mixed borders) on a frame, whereas the outline on a text box (in Word, at least) is all or nothing. This can be handy if you want, say, a floating paragraph with a fancy border just on the right (separating it from the text). Yes, you could apply the border to the text inside a text box, but that limit the formatting of the text (no different indents). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... Ah. I missed the "before Word 2007". I've been using text boxes associated with AutoText (building blocks, in Word 2007) for quite a while, and they've never been unpredictable at all as long as the positioning is set correctly--the same requirement as when using frames. But, I've always disliked frames, so I'm probably biased against them. Perhaps the way they've been marginalized in later versions of Word has supported me in my bias. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... If you will read carefully, I wrote, "But headings in text boxes won't be seen by the TOC or for cross-references in versions *before Word 2007.*" The fact that the problem is "history in Word 2007" is irrelevant if you are not using Word 2007 or if the documents you produce must be backward-compatible. I'll concede your point that the OP doesn't seem to want to use this for headings. I still maintain that it is far easier to apply a style that positions a frame exactly where you want it (the same place every time, formatted just as required) than to insert a text box and format it. Even if you save the text box as an AutoText entry or building block, it is quite likely to be unpredictable. However, chacun à son goût, different strokes for different folks, tomaytoes/tomahtoes, etc. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... That reason for eschewing text boxes is history in Word 2007. Headings in text boxes *do* show up in the TOC in Word 2007, and text box material is available for cross references. Aside from that, from my reading, the subject line notwithstanding, OP doesn't want side headings. OP wants "to write a summary phrase of a few words next to each paragraph", so presumably, the TOC isn't an issue. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... But headings in text boxes won't be seen by the TOC or for cross-references in versions before Word 2007. Frames are relatively easy to access in versions through Word 2003, since Insert Frame is still on the Forms toolbar (and easy enough to add to any toolbar); Word 2007 does make it a bit harder to find. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... I'm not sure I agree that frames are more suitable. Textboxes can be inserted using AutoText entries, when needed. I find textboxes much more flexible, more predictable, and less cryptic than frames... and certainly easier to get to in recent versions of Word. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... A frame is much more suitable for this purpose because it can be incorporated in a paragraph style, making insertion as easy as applying the style; see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/MarginalText.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... You could do it using a text box... but the wrapping style needs to be set to the drawing layer. "In front of text" seems to work well for this sort of thing. Right-click the edge of the text box and choose Format Textbox. Then, in the Layout tab, set the wrapping style to In front of text. This will allow you to drag the textbox into the margin area. If you *always* want to be able to drag text boxes, then choose Tools - Options - Edit, and set Insert/Paste pictures as: to In front of text (or perhaps one of the other option better suits your everyday needs). In Word 2007, the setting is found in Word Options - Advanced - Cut, copy, and paste section. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "grant writer" grant wrote in message ... i want to write a summary phrase of a few words next to each paragraph in a word document. i can't figure out how to write (or insert a text box) outside of the margins. is it possible, and if so how? thank you |
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Hello Herb
Herb Tyson [MVP] wrote: I've been using text boxes associated with AutoText (building blocks, in Word 2007) for quite a while, and they've never been unpredictable at all as long as the positioning is set correctly--the same requirement as when using frames. But, I've always disliked frames, so I'm probably biased against them. Perhaps the way they've been marginalized in later versions of Word has supported me in my bias. their biggest benefit, IMHO, is their "stylability." Get me that with textboxes and I'm your man! :-) Greetinx Robert -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MSFT | \ / | MVP | Scientific Reports X Against HTML | for | with Word? / \ in e-mail & news | Word | http://www.masteringword.eu/ |
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"Robert M. Franz (RMF)" wrote in message
... Hello Herb Herb Tyson [MVP] wrote: I've been using text boxes associated with AutoText (building blocks, in Word 2007) for quite a while, and they've never been unpredictable at all as long as the positioning is set correctly--the same requirement as when using frames. But, I've always disliked frames, so I'm probably biased against them. Perhaps the way they've been marginalized in later versions of Word has supported me in my bias. their biggest benefit, IMHO, is their "stylability." Get me that with textboxes and I'm your man! :-) I agree; it is certainly useful that you can add frame formatting to a paragraph style. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP Greetinx Robert -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MSFT | \ / | MVP | Scientific Reports X Against HTML | for | with Word? / \ in e-mail & news | Word | http://www.masteringword.eu/ |
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