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Locking a text box?
Hello ...
I have a text box on the right side of my document. My problem is that it moves depending on the remaining text. Can I in any way lock the box so that it will always be in the same place no matter how the remaining text forms themselves. Thanks in advance, Rasmus |
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Locking a text box?
Make sure to position the text box relative to the page edges, not relative
to text paragraphs. For more specific instructions, tell us your version of Word. Note that regardless of the chosen Text Wrapping option, if the paragraph containing the text box anchor moves to the following page, so will the text box. Therefore, you should anchor the box to a paragraph that is unlikely to move, such as a paragraph in the middle of the page. If the text box should be on the *first* page of the document, only, you can anchor it to the first page header. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Rasmus" wrote in message news Hello ... I have a text box on the right side of my document. My problem is that it moves depending on the remaining text. Can I in any way lock the box so that it will always be in the same place no matter how the remaining text forms themselves. Thanks in advance, Rasmus |
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Locking a text box?
Make sure to position the text box relative to the page edges, not relative
to text paragraphs. For more specific instructions, tell us your version of Word. Note that regardless of the chosen Text Wrapping option, if the paragraph containing the text box anchor moves to the following page, so will the text box. Therefore, you should anchor the box to a paragraph that is unlikely to move, such as a paragraph in the middle of the page. If the text box should be on the *first* page of the document, only, you can anchor it to the first page header. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Rasmus" wrote in message news Hello ... I have a text box on the right side of my document. My problem is that it moves depending on the remaining text. Can I in any way lock the box so that it will always be in the same place no matter how the remaining text forms themselves. Thanks in advance, Rasmus |
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Locking a text box?
I want my text box to become a permanent part of the document. So if I delete
the remaining text, the text box stays. A bit like the header and footer. "Rasmus" wrote: Hello ... I have a text box on the right side of my document. My problem is that it moves depending on the remaining text. Can I in any way lock the box so that it will always be in the same place no matter how the remaining text forms themselves. Thanks in advance, Rasmus |
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Locking a text box?
I want my text box to become a permanent part of the document. So if I delete
the remaining text, the text box stays. A bit like the header and footer. "Rasmus" wrote: Hello ... I have a text box on the right side of my document. My problem is that it moves depending on the remaining text. Can I in any way lock the box so that it will always be in the same place no matter how the remaining text forms themselves. Thanks in advance, Rasmus |
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Locking a text box?
That can't realistically be done. As Stefan wrote, a floating text box is
always anchored to a paragraph. If you delete the paragraph you delete the text box. Word documents are a text based structure, not object oriented, so there are no 'pages' on which to fix floating objects. The only viable workaround is to add additional section breaks in order to create a separate Header for that one page section & put the text box in that Header... But even that is dependent on the existence of the section & the content of the document. Ergo: Usually more trouble than it's worth. You're looking for page layout capability & Word is not a page layout application. You might consider using Publisher or something comparable for documents that require absolute positioning of objects independent of text. Regards |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 1/22/10 5:55 AM, in article , "Rasmus" wrote: I want my text box to become a permanent part of the document. So if I delete the remaining text, the text box stays. A bit like the header and footer. "Rasmus" wrote: Hello ... I have a text box on the right side of my document. My problem is that it moves depending on the remaining text. Can I in any way lock the box so that it will always be in the same place no matter how the remaining text forms themselves. Thanks in advance, Rasmus |
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Locking a text box?
That can't realistically be done. As Stefan wrote, a floating text box is
always anchored to a paragraph. If you delete the paragraph you delete the text box. Word documents are a text based structure, not object oriented, so there are no 'pages' on which to fix floating objects. The only viable workaround is to add additional section breaks in order to create a separate Header for that one page section & put the text box in that Header... But even that is dependent on the existence of the section & the content of the document. Ergo: Usually more trouble than it's worth. You're looking for page layout capability & Word is not a page layout application. You might consider using Publisher or something comparable for documents that require absolute positioning of objects independent of text. Regards |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 1/22/10 5:55 AM, in article , "Rasmus" wrote: I want my text box to become a permanent part of the document. So if I delete the remaining text, the text box stays. A bit like the header and footer. "Rasmus" wrote: Hello ... I have a text box on the right side of my document. My problem is that it moves depending on the remaining text. Can I in any way lock the box so that it will always be in the same place no matter how the remaining text forms themselves. Thanks in advance, Rasmus |
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Locking a text box?
Word 2003...
I have found out how to fix the text box relative to the remaining text. I however still want my text box to become a permanent part of the document. What to do? "Stefan Blom" wrote: Make sure to position the text box relative to the page edges, not relative to text paragraphs. For more specific instructions, tell us your version of Word. Note that regardless of the chosen Text Wrapping option, if the paragraph containing the text box anchor moves to the following page, so will the text box. Therefore, you should anchor the box to a paragraph that is unlikely to move, such as a paragraph in the middle of the page. If the text box should be on the *first* page of the document, only, you can anchor it to the first page header. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Rasmus" wrote in message news Hello ... I have a text box on the right side of my document. My problem is that it moves depending on the remaining text. Can I in any way lock the box so that it will always be in the same place no matter how the remaining text forms themselves. Thanks in advance, Rasmus . |
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Locking a text box?
Word 2003...
I have found out how to fix the text box relative to the remaining text. I however still want my text box to become a permanent part of the document. What to do? "Stefan Blom" wrote: Make sure to position the text box relative to the page edges, not relative to text paragraphs. For more specific instructions, tell us your version of Word. Note that regardless of the chosen Text Wrapping option, if the paragraph containing the text box anchor moves to the following page, so will the text box. Therefore, you should anchor the box to a paragraph that is unlikely to move, such as a paragraph in the middle of the page. If the text box should be on the *first* page of the document, only, you can anchor it to the first page header. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Rasmus" wrote in message news Hello ... I have a text box on the right side of my document. My problem is that it moves depending on the remaining text. Can I in any way lock the box so that it will always be in the same place no matter how the remaining text forms themselves. Thanks in advance, Rasmus . |
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Locking a text box?
As I wrote, the best you can do is anchor the text box to a header
paragraph. The first page header would be the most convenient one. See also http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/AnchorToHeader.htm. If you are creating a letterhead (or something similar to a letterhead), see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Letterhead.htm. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Rasmus" wrote in message ... Word 2003... I have found out how to fix the text box relative to the remaining text. I however still want my text box to become a permanent part of the document. What to do? "Stefan Blom" wrote: Make sure to position the text box relative to the page edges, not relative to text paragraphs. For more specific instructions, tell us your version of Word. Note that regardless of the chosen Text Wrapping option, if the paragraph containing the text box anchor moves to the following page, so will the text box. Therefore, you should anchor the box to a paragraph that is unlikely to move, such as a paragraph in the middle of the page. If the text box should be on the *first* page of the document, only, you can anchor it to the first page header. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Rasmus" wrote in message news Hello ... I have a text box on the right side of my document. My problem is that it moves depending on the remaining text. Can I in any way lock the box so that it will always be in the same place no matter how the remaining text forms themselves. Thanks in advance, Rasmus . |
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Locking a text box?
As I wrote, the best you can do is anchor the text box to a header
paragraph. The first page header would be the most convenient one. See also http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/AnchorToHeader.htm. If you are creating a letterhead (or something similar to a letterhead), see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Letterhead.htm. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Rasmus" wrote in message ... Word 2003... I have found out how to fix the text box relative to the remaining text. I however still want my text box to become a permanent part of the document. What to do? "Stefan Blom" wrote: Make sure to position the text box relative to the page edges, not relative to text paragraphs. For more specific instructions, tell us your version of Word. Note that regardless of the chosen Text Wrapping option, if the paragraph containing the text box anchor moves to the following page, so will the text box. Therefore, you should anchor the box to a paragraph that is unlikely to move, such as a paragraph in the middle of the page. If the text box should be on the *first* page of the document, only, you can anchor it to the first page header. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Rasmus" wrote in message news Hello ... I have a text box on the right side of my document. My problem is that it moves depending on the remaining text. Can I in any way lock the box so that it will always be in the same place no matter how the remaining text forms themselves. Thanks in advance, Rasmus . |
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Locking a text box?
Many thanks for your reply
Is it possible to do something else? Can you possibly replace the box with something else? My wish is to get a "sider", lol :-) (Not a header /footer) "CyberTaz" wrote: That can't realistically be done. As Stefan wrote, a floating text box is always anchored to a paragraph. If you delete the paragraph you delete the text box. Word documents are a text based structure, not object oriented, so there are no 'pages' on which to fix floating objects. The only viable workaround is to add additional section breaks in order to create a separate Header for that one page section & put the text box in that Header... But even that is dependent on the existence of the section & the content of the document. Ergo: Usually more trouble than it's worth. You're looking for page layout capability & Word is not a page layout application. You might consider using Publisher or something comparable for documents that require absolute positioning of objects independent of text. Regards |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 1/22/10 5:55 AM, in article , "Rasmus" wrote: I want my text box to become a permanent part of the document. So if I delete the remaining text, the text box stays. A bit like the header and footer. "Rasmus" wrote: Hello ... I have a text box on the right side of my document. My problem is that it moves depending on the remaining text. Can I in any way lock the box so that it will always be in the same place no matter how the remaining text forms themselves. Thanks in advance, Rasmus . |
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Locking a text box?
Many thanks for your reply
Is it possible to do something else? Can you possibly replace the box with something else? My wish is to get a "sider", lol :-) (Not a header /footer) "CyberTaz" wrote: That can't realistically be done. As Stefan wrote, a floating text box is always anchored to a paragraph. If you delete the paragraph you delete the text box. Word documents are a text based structure, not object oriented, so there are no 'pages' on which to fix floating objects. The only viable workaround is to add additional section breaks in order to create a separate Header for that one page section & put the text box in that Header... But even that is dependent on the existence of the section & the content of the document. Ergo: Usually more trouble than it's worth. You're looking for page layout capability & Word is not a page layout application. You might consider using Publisher or something comparable for documents that require absolute positioning of objects independent of text. Regards |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 1/22/10 5:55 AM, in article , "Rasmus" wrote: I want my text box to become a permanent part of the document. So if I delete the remaining text, the text box stays. A bit like the header and footer. "Rasmus" wrote: Hello ... I have a text box on the right side of my document. My problem is that it moves depending on the remaining text. Can I in any way lock the box so that it will always be in the same place no matter how the remaining text forms themselves. Thanks in advance, Rasmus . |
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Locking a text box?
You've already been referred to
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/AnchorToHeader.htm, which increasingly sounds like what you need. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Rasmus" wrote in message ... Many thanks for your reply Is it possible to do something else? Can you possibly replace the box with something else? My wish is to get a "sider", lol :-) (Not a header /footer) "CyberTaz" wrote: That can't realistically be done. As Stefan wrote, a floating text box is always anchored to a paragraph. If you delete the paragraph you delete the text box. Word documents are a text based structure, not object oriented, so there are no 'pages' on which to fix floating objects. The only viable workaround is to add additional section breaks in order to create a separate Header for that one page section & put the text box in that Header... But even that is dependent on the existence of the section & the content of the document. Ergo: Usually more trouble than it's worth. You're looking for page layout capability & Word is not a page layout application. You might consider using Publisher or something comparable for documents that require absolute positioning of objects independent of text. Regards |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 1/22/10 5:55 AM, in article , "Rasmus" wrote: I want my text box to become a permanent part of the document. So if I delete the remaining text, the text box stays. A bit like the header and footer. "Rasmus" wrote: Hello ... I have a text box on the right side of my document. My problem is that it moves depending on the remaining text. Can I in any way lock the box so that it will always be in the same place no matter how the remaining text forms themselves. Thanks in advance, Rasmus . |
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Locking a text box?
You've already been referred to
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/AnchorToHeader.htm, which increasingly sounds like what you need. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Rasmus" wrote in message ... Many thanks for your reply Is it possible to do something else? Can you possibly replace the box with something else? My wish is to get a "sider", lol :-) (Not a header /footer) "CyberTaz" wrote: That can't realistically be done. As Stefan wrote, a floating text box is always anchored to a paragraph. If you delete the paragraph you delete the text box. Word documents are a text based structure, not object oriented, so there are no 'pages' on which to fix floating objects. The only viable workaround is to add additional section breaks in order to create a separate Header for that one page section & put the text box in that Header... But even that is dependent on the existence of the section & the content of the document. Ergo: Usually more trouble than it's worth. You're looking for page layout capability & Word is not a page layout application. You might consider using Publisher or something comparable for documents that require absolute positioning of objects independent of text. Regards |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 1/22/10 5:55 AM, in article , "Rasmus" wrote: I want my text box to become a permanent part of the document. So if I delete the remaining text, the text box stays. A bit like the header and footer. "Rasmus" wrote: Hello ... I have a text box on the right side of my document. My problem is that it moves depending on the remaining text. Can I in any way lock the box so that it will always be in the same place no matter how the remaining text forms themselves. Thanks in advance, Rasmus . |
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