i have a large document (200 pages with pictures) created in a programme that
uses text boxes. I have saved it into a word document and want to get rid of
the text boxes as I am having issues with the printing. I can save it as a
pdf but I then can't edit the document. I am using word xp.

First make sure they're really text boxes and not frames. If they're text
boxes, convert them to frames (Format Text Box | Text Box: Convert to
frame). Once you have frames, you can use Format Frame | Remove Frame, but
it's usually more efficient (if you just want to retrieve the text) to
Ctrl+A, Ctrl+Q. Since the frame is rarely part of the paragraph style,
resetting the paragraph to its default formatting will remove the frame,
leaving the text.

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"woody" wrote in message
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i have a large document (200 pages with pictures) created in a programme
that
uses text boxes. I have saved it into a word document and want to get rid
of
the text boxes as I am having issues with the printing. I can save it as
a
pdf but I then can't edit the document. I am using word xp.