[B Singleton Seattle]

My text boxes will change sizes after I close and re-open my document, or
will "wander" on the page--how can I get them to stay the same size, and in
the same position?

[Stefan Blom]

To prevent a text box from moving, make sure to clear the "Move object
with text" option in the Advanced Layout dialog box (Format | Text
Box, click the Layout tab, click the Advanced button). You can set the
desired position of the text box relative to page edges or margins.

Note, however, that a text box will always be on the same page as its
anchor. Therefore, you cannot tie it to a particular page (even though
you can specify an exact position of the text box on the page where it
ends up).

You can lock an anchor to prevent it from being moved by accident (the
"Lock anchor" option in the Advanced Layout dialog box).

See also: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/DrwGrphcs/Anchors.htm and
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/DrwGrphcs/PosRelToPage.htm

I can't explain why the boxes change sizes, though. If this happens in
a particular document, or in documents created from a particular
template, you might want to check for corruption. See
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/apperrors/CorruptDoc.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"B Singleton Seattle" wrote in message
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My text boxes will change sizes after I close and re-open my
document, or
will "wander" on the page--how can I get them to stay the same size,
and in
the same position?