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You can create all sorts of text effects in Office 2011 for Mac. When you click the Effects button on the Format tab of the Ribbon, you can choose from the following effects, each of which has a submenu that displays preconfigured options. Most have a shortcut to the Text Effects dialog.

  • Shadow

  • Reflection

  • Glow

  • Bevel

  • 3-D Rotation

  • Transform

Keep in mind that when you apply text effects within a box or shape, there needs to be enough room around the text for the effect to show. Resizing the text box to be larger can make room for the text and its effect.

  1. You can use WordArt with a Transform text effect to partially curve or bend text around a shape. If you want the text to circle the shape, you can also do this, but it’s a little bit more work. If you want the text to circle the shape, you can also do this, but it’s a little bit more work.
  2. Word doesn't have a tool that curves regular text in a document, and you'll need to put text in a box before you can apply this kind of orientation. Use WordArt to create stylized curved text or the Text Box tool to curve a regular font.

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Making a Warp transform with Office Effects

The Transform effect is unique to the Effects button. To get this effect, take these steps:

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  1. Click into the text within a text box or shape.

  2. Double-click the text, in this example Drink, to select it.

  3. On the Ribbon, click the Format tab. In the Text Styles group, choose Effects→Transform. In the submenu’s Warp group click the Can Down effect.

  4. Drag the purple diamond downward deep into the shape to squish the text so that it fits better on the cylinder.

Hold the mouse over a Transform button to see its name in a ScreenTip.

Making a Follow Path Transform with Office Effects

You have the ability to make text follow a curve, using the Follow Path transformation.

  1. Click the Ribbon’s Home tab, and in the Insert group, click the Text Box button.

  2. Drag a text box in your document.

  3. Again from within the Home tab of the Ribbon, choose a font and apply some font format options like making the text bold.

    Try making the text a little larger (at least 20 points) and use a phrase that has plenty of characters.

  4. Click the text box border to select the box.

  5. Click the Ribbon’s Format tab. In the Text Styles group, choose Effects→Transform. In the submenu’s Follow Path group, click Arch Up.

  6. Drag the purple diamond and resize the box until the text has a nice arch.

As you drag the purple diamond, the ends of the curve grow or shrink. Let go of the diamond, and the text tries to fill-in to the end of the lines.

All the text wrapping options you see in Word are for regular text (i.e., not in a text box) to wrap around the text box itself or an object, and not vice versa. This includes pictures inserted as inline. 217
In order to make a text box's text wrap around an object:
  • Right-click on the text box and select Format shape (or select the text box and choose Format in the main menu bar)
  • Select Layout > Advanced
  • Click on the Position tab at the top
  • Enable 'Wrap text within text boxes for overlay objects' all the way at the bottom
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Proof of concept:
If you need to overlap two text boxes, you'll have to add a shape and make one of the text boxes wrap around it. The shape has to be 'in front' for the text to wrap. Finally, make the shape colorless:

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Daniel, when I follow your instructions above, I do not seem to have a selection for 'Wrap text within text boxes for overlay objects'
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I now have 14.3.6 (you should update through Help > Check for Updates).
You are right, the instructions I gave in the second bullet were somewhat abbreviated. I've now edited them. Here's the checkbox in question:
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Daniel, Thank you very much. Problem solved. I appreciate your generosity.

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I wish I could do this but my version of Word for Mac 14.3.9 does not offer the 'wrap text within text boxes for overlay objects' option - everything else yes, but not that. It's intensely frustrating to be able to do this on the PC but not on the Mac

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When a text box is first inserted, it may have its default wrapping style set to 'inline.' Such being the case, the option you need is not available:

However, changing the wrapping style to other than 'In line with text' causes the missing option to reappear:

To control the default parameters of a text box, just define them like you want, then right click on the text box and select 'Set as default Text Box.'

The option should be grayed out, not disappear altogether!

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Hi Daniel,

I am using Version 14.4.3 Word for Mac 2011. Even after I selected the 'Wrap text within text boxes for overlay objects', I still can't wrap the text around the picture within the text box. I can't even change the wrapping style from the default 'in line with text' to anything else. Would you please advise me what I may have done wrong? Thanks.

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No, you can't. Images inserted into a Text Box can be In Line with Text only.

The previous conversations have pertained to having text in a Text Box wrap around images/objects external to the Text Box.

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No, you can't. Images inserted into a Text Box can be In Line with Text only.

The previous conversations have pertained to having text in a Text Box wrap around images/objects external to the Text Box.

I see. Daniel, I misunderstood your instruction. I got it to work, but sometimes the 'Wrap text within text boxes for overlay objects' just doesn't show up even if I have changed the 'in line with text' to 'square' or 'tight'.

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