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I have a document with several text boxes & am having problems with tabs. I have decided to replace the text boxes with rectangles drawn around the text. I don't want to lose the text already entered. Can I delete a text box without also deleting the text within it ?. Thanks KK |
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What problem are you having with tabs? Note that tab stop positions
are always measured from the left margin in Word. If the text box isn't wide enough and causes text to disappear you could move the tab stop, via Format | Tabs. (Even better would be to create or modify a style for the purpose of formatting the text in the text box.) No, you can't delete a text box; you'd have to cut and paste the text out of it first. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "KK" wrote in message ... Hello I have a document with several text boxes & am having problems with tabs. I have decided to replace the text boxes with rectangles drawn around the text. I don't want to lose the text already entered. Can I delete a text box without also deleting the text within it ?. Thanks KK |
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Hello,
The problem is that I cannot see the tabstops on the ruler to delete /move them. I know they are there because the cursor jumps to the mext tabstop when I press the tab key. Thanks again KK "Stefan Blom" wrote in message ... What problem are you having with tabs? Note that tab stop positions are always measured from the left margin in Word. If the text box isn't wide enough and causes text to disappear you could move the tab stop, via Format | Tabs. (Even better would be to create or modify a style for the purpose of formatting the text in the text box.) No, you can't delete a text box; you'd have to cut and paste the text out of it first. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "KK" wrote in message ... Hello I have a document with several text boxes & am having problems with tabs. I have decided to replace the text boxes with rectangles drawn around the text. I don't want to lose the text already entered. Can I delete a text box without also deleting the text within it ?. Thanks KK |
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The default tab stops are not displayed. They are set (by default) at
half-inch intervals. You can change the interval for the default tab stops, but it is generally better to set specific tab stops for a given paragraph or style. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/SettingTabs.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. "KK" wrote in message ... Hello, The problem is that I cannot see the tabstops on the ruler to delete /move them. I know they are there because the cursor jumps to the mext tabstop when I press the tab key. Thanks again KK "Stefan Blom" wrote in message ... What problem are you having with tabs? Note that tab stop positions are always measured from the left margin in Word. If the text box isn't wide enough and causes text to disappear you could move the tab stop, via Format | Tabs. (Even better would be to create or modify a style for the purpose of formatting the text in the text box.) No, you can't delete a text box; you'd have to cut and paste the text out of it first. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "KK" wrote in message ... Hello I have a document with several text boxes & am having problems with tabs. I have decided to replace the text boxes with rectangles drawn around the text. I don't want to lose the text already entered. Can I delete a text box without also deleting the text within it ?. Thanks KK |
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If you are referring to the Default Tab Stops every .5", they are indicated
by tick-marks on the bottom edge of the Ruler Bar rather than the assorted other symbols that appear just above that edge when you create a Custom Tab Stop. Does the problem pertain to the Text Boxes *moving* when you press the Tab Key, or to the use of Tabs *within* the Text Box? If the former, you can go to FormatText Box - Layout and set the Wrapping Style to something other than In Line with Text. That will allow more flexibility in positioning (dragging) the Text Boxes, as I get the impression that is the root of the problem. If I'm off base, please be a little more specific. -- HTH |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac "KK" wrote in message ... Hello, The problem is that I cannot see the tabstops on the ruler to delete /move them. I know they are there because the cursor jumps to the mext tabstop when I press the tab key. Thanks again KK "Stefan Blom" wrote in message ... What problem are you having with tabs? Note that tab stop positions are always measured from the left margin in Word. If the text box isn't wide enough and causes text to disappear you could move the tab stop, via Format | Tabs. (Even better would be to create or modify a style for the purpose of formatting the text in the text box.) No, you can't delete a text box; you'd have to cut and paste the text out of it first. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "KK" wrote in message ... Hello I have a document with several text boxes & am having problems with tabs. I have decided to replace the text boxes with rectangles drawn around the text. I don't want to lose the text already entered. Can I delete a text box without also deleting the text within it ?. Thanks KK |
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"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
... No, you can't delete a text box; you'd have to cut and paste the text out of it first. Clarification: Of course I meant to say that you cannot delete a text box without deleting its contents. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP |
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