You can also disable the drawing canvas by clicking Tools Options and opening the General tab. Then you can delete the canvas by selecting it and pressing Delete. You can drag the text box off the canvas. ■ Note By default, Word places text boxes in a drawing canvas. It will appear with a border that you can use to resize or reposition the text box, as Figure 3-25 demonstrates.

Click and drag your mouse where you would like to position the box in your document. To insert a text box, click Insert Text Box. This is convenient if you want to insert a story that begins on one page of a newsletter and continues on a different page. You can place these boxes anywhere in the document and format them with shading and borders.Īdditionally, you can link text boxes so that the contents flow between the boxes automatically. If you want greater control over the position of a block of text in your document, consider using text boxes. C H A P T E R 3 ■ C R E A T I N G M A R K E T I N G B R O C H U R E S A N D N E W S L E T T E R S