[mdbg]

I am having a problem printing the text that I have put into a text box.
This is just pain text, nothing fancy. Only in the print layout view does
the text box and text appear. If I switch to any other view or print the
document, the text does not appear. I have tried changing the layout options
and have selected "no fill" for fill color. I am an experienced Word user
and I just cannot figure out what I can be doing wrong. Does anyone know the
solution to this problem??

[Lene Fredborg]

The problem could be that the text has been marked as hidden.
Check the Hidden check box in Format Font Font tab.

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Regards
Lene Fredborg


"mdbg" wrote:

I am having a problem printing the text that I have put into a text box.
This is just pain text, nothing fancy. Only in the print layout view does
the text box and text appear. If I switch to any other view or print the
document, the text does not appear. I have tried changing the layout options
and have selected "no fill" for fill color. I am an experienced Word user
and I just cannot figure out what I can be doing wrong. Does anyone know the
solution to this problem??

[Jay Freedman]

A text box is in the Drawing layer, like floating graphics. That has several
consequences:

- Text boxes never appear in any view except print layout. Period.
- If the "Drawing objects" option is unchecked in Tools Options Print,
text boxes won't print either. They also won't appear in Print Preview. I
think that's your problem, and checking the option should fix it.
- Text in a text box is never picked up by an automatic table of contents
(TOC field).

You're better off converting the text box to a frame, which is in the text
layer and doesn't have all these foibles. In the Format Text Box dialog,
on the Text Box tab, click the Convert to Frame button. Since you have just
plain (or 'pain') text, you can ignore the ugly message about losing
formatting, and click OK.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
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mdbg wrote:
I am having a problem printing the text that I have put into a text
box.
This is just pain text, nothing fancy. Only in the print layout view
does the text box and text appear. If I switch to any other view or
print the document, the text does not appear. I have tried changing
the layout options and have selected "no fill" for fill color. I am
an experienced Word user and I just cannot figure out what I can be
doing wrong. Does anyone know the solution to this problem??

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Do you have "Drawing objects" checked on the Print tab of Tools | Options?

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"mdbg" wrote in message
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I am having a problem printing the text that I have put into a text box.
This is just pain text, nothing fancy. Only in the print layout view does
the text box and text appear. If I switch to any other view or print the
document, the text does not appear. I have tried changing the layout
options
and have selected "no fill" for fill color. I am an experienced Word user
and I just cannot figure out what I can be doing wrong. Does anyone know
the
solution to this problem??

[Lene Fredborg]

A comment:
It seems to me that text boxes are only invisible in Normal and Outline view
whereas they are actually visible in the following 3 views (Word 2003):
Print Layout, Web Layout and Reading Layout.

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Regards
Lene Fredborg


"Jay Freedman" wrote:

A text box is in the Drawing layer, like floating graphics. That has several
consequences:

- Text boxes never appear in any view except print layout. Period.
- If the "Drawing objects" option is unchecked in Tools Options Print,
text boxes won't print either. They also won't appear in Print Preview. I
think that's your problem, and checking the option should fix it.
- Text in a text box is never picked up by an automatic table of contents
(TOC field).

You're better off converting the text box to a frame, which is in the text
layer and doesn't have all these foibles. In the Format Text Box dialog,
on the Text Box tab, click the Convert to Frame button. Since you have just
plain (or 'pain') text, you can ignore the ugly message about losing
formatting, and click OK.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

mdbg wrote:
I am having a problem printing the text that I have put into a text
box.
This is just pain text, nothing fancy. Only in the print layout view
does the text box and text appear. If I switch to any other view or
print the document, the text does not appear. I have tried changing
the layout options and have selected "no fill" for fill color. I am
an experienced Word user and I just cannot figure out what I can be
doing wrong. Does anyone know the solution to this problem??

[Jay Freedman]

Technically, that's correct. But Word is possibly the world's worst Web page
creator, and I find Reading Layout just annoying. :-) So both of those views
are off my radar unless absolutely necessary.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

Lene Fredborg wrote:
A comment:
It seems to me that text boxes are only invisible in Normal and
Outline view whereas they are actually visible in the following 3
views (Word 2003): Print Layout, Web Layout and Reading Layout.


A text box is in the Drawing layer, like floating graphics. That has
several consequences:

- Text boxes never appear in any view except print layout. Period.
- If the "Drawing objects" option is unchecked in Tools Options
Print, text boxes won't print either. They also won't appear in
Print Preview. I think that's your problem, and checking the option
should fix it. - Text in a text box is never picked up by an
automatic table of contents (TOC field).

You're better off converting the text box to a frame, which is in
the text layer and doesn't have all these foibles. In the Format
Text Box dialog, on the Text Box tab, click the Convert to Frame
button. Since you have just plain (or 'pain') text, you can ignore
the ugly message about losing formatting, and click OK.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

mdbg wrote:
I am having a problem printing the text that I have put into a text
box.
This is just pain text, nothing fancy. Only in the print layout
view does the text box and text appear. If I switch to any other
view or print the document, the text does not appear. I have tried
changing the layout options and have selected "no fill" for fill
color. I am an experienced Word user and I just cannot figure out
what I can be doing wrong. Does anyone know the solution to this
problem??