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When you insert a textbox in Microsoft Word, it is usually positioned relative to the text around it. However, if you want to keep the textbox in a fixed position on the page, you can use the "Lock Anchor" feature.

Locking the anchor means that the textbox will stay in the same position on the page, even if you add or delete text before it. This is useful if you want to add a textbox that contains a caption or footnote, for example, and you want it to stay in the same place on the page regardless of any changes you make to the rest of the document.

Here's how to lock the anchor of a textbox in Microsoft Word:
  1. Click on the textbox to select it.
  2. Click on the "Layout Options" icon that appears next to the textbox (it looks like a square with an arrow pointing out of it).
  3. In the Layout Options menu, click on "More Layout Options" at the bottom.
  4. In the Layout dialog box, click on the "Position" tab.
  5. Under "Options," check the box next to "Lock anchor."
  6. Click "OK" to close the dialog box.

Once you've locked the anchor of the textbox, you can move it around the page as needed, but it will always stay in the same position relative to the page, rather than the text around it.
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"Lock anchor" means that the anchor will stay linked to the
paragraph with which it is currently associated, no matter
where you drag the graphic on the page. (By default, the
anchor will jump to the nearest paragraph when you drag a
graphical object).

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All floating objects in Word -- including AutoShapes, pictures with text
wrapping other than in-line, and text boxes -- are attached or "anchored" to
a particular paragraph of regular text. If you check the box in Tools
Options View for "Object anchors" and select a floating object, the anchor
point is indicated by an icon in the left margin.

You can change the anchor point by dragging the icon, and sometimes by
dragging the object itself, up or down the page. When the "lock anchor"
option is checked, the anchor point can't be moved.

A cardinal rule in Word is that a floating graphic must always be on the
same page as its anchor. If text editing on preceding pages moves the anchor
paragraph to a different page, the object will also move to that page to
stay with the anchor. This is true regardless of the "lock anchor"
setting -- that setting governs the relation between the anchor and a
particular paragraph, not a particular page.

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