I have a lot of text in a texbox on one page of my document, and when I go to
add another textbox on the next page all the text from the first textbox
appears in the new one, and if I delete it, it deletes the text on the first
page too! The only way to get the text on the first page back is to type it
up in the second texbox as I can no longer edit the text on the first page.
Is this a linked textbox? When I have the texbox toolbar up I can't "break
forward link" so I'm not sure what is wrong. This is the most incredibly
annoying problem and I feel like ripping my head off everytime I try and
solve it because I have found nothing that works!! Any help is GREATLY
appreciated!!!

I can tell you that you are not the first person to whom this has happened,
but I have never seen an explanation of this phenomenon or a solution to it.
I suspect that it indicates document corruption, though; see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Mel W" Mel wrote in message
...
I have a lot of text in a texbox on one page of my document, and when I go
to
add another textbox on the next page all the text from the first textbox
appears in the new one, and if I delete it, it deletes the text on the
first
page too! The only way to get the text on the first page back is to type
it
up in the second texbox as I can no longer edit the text on the first
page.
Is this a linked textbox? When I have the texbox toolbar up I can't "break
forward link" so I'm not sure what is wrong. This is the most incredibly
annoying problem and I feel like ripping my head off everytime I try and
solve it because I have found nothing that works!! Any help is GREATLY
appreciated!!!

Hurrah! I have solved it! Instead of just clicking open when I wanted to open
the file I clicked the arrow next to it and selected "open and repair" and it
worked!! Now when I add a new text box it is blank and the previous text is
unaffected. Woohoo!!

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

I can tell you that you are not the first person to whom this has happened,
but I have never seen an explanation of this phenomenon or a solution to it.
I suspect that it indicates document corruption, though; see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Mel W" Mel wrote in message
...
I have a lot of text in a texbox on one page of my document, and when I go
to
add another textbox on the next page all the text from the first textbox
appears in the new one, and if I delete it, it deletes the text on the
first
page too! The only way to get the text on the first page back is to type
it
up in the second texbox as I can no longer edit the text on the first
page.
Is this a linked textbox? When I have the texbox toolbar up I can't "break
forward link" so I'm not sure what is wrong. This is the most incredibly
annoying problem and I feel like ripping my head off everytime I try and
solve it because I have found nothing that works!! Any help is GREATLY
appreciated!!!

Great! I'm glad that worked for you.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Mel W" wrote in message
...
Hurrah! I have solved it! Instead of just clicking open when I wanted to
open
the file I clicked the arrow next to it and selected "open and repair" and
it
worked!! Now when I add a new text box it is blank and the previous text
is
unaffected. Woohoo!!

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

I can tell you that you are not the first person to whom this has
happened,
but I have never seen an explanation of this phenomenon or a solution to
it.
I suspect that it indicates document corruption, though; see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Mel W" Mel wrote in message
...
I have a lot of text in a texbox on one page of my document, and when
I go
to
add another textbox on the next page all the text from the first
textbox
appears in the new one, and if I delete it, it deletes the text on the
first
page too! The only way to get the text on the first page back is to
type
it
up in the second texbox as I can no longer edit the text on the first
page.
Is this a linked textbox? When I have the texbox toolbar up I can't
"break
forward link" so I'm not sure what is wrong. This is the most
incredibly
annoying problem and I feel like ripping my head off everytime I try
and
solve it because I have found nothing that works!! Any help is GREATLY
appreciated!!!