I am trying to create a text box that I can format then move around the
document. In previous versions of Word, I could open the drawing bar, choose
text box, type text, then simpy click fill to add a background color and
click text color to change text color. After that, I could grab the whole box
and move it around the document. When I try that in 2003, fill doesn't fill
in the box with the color I chose. Any ideas what's wrong?

jim wrote:
I am trying to create a text box that I can format then move around
the document. In previous versions of Word, I could open the drawing
bar, choose text box, type text, then simpy click fill to add a
background color and click text color to change text color. After
that, I could grab the whole box and move it around the document.
When I try that in 2003, fill doesn't fill in the box with the color
I chose. Any ideas what's wrong?

That still works for me, so it isn't a change in the function of Word.

What happens if you right-click the edge of the text box and choose Format
Text Box, and try to set the fill color there?

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