The reason I ask for the version is because there is a documented issue with printing graphics inserted in text boxes in a Word 2011 for Mac and a possible workaround and I wanted to check with you if that may be the issue you're facing.
- You can align all the text in a text box with the top, middle, or bottom of the text box. Click the outer edge of the text box to select it. Click the Format tab (the purple contextual tab that appears next to the Home tab), and then under Text Box, click Change text alignment within the text box.
- A Text Box is similar to a graphic element with Text Wrap enabled in that it sits in its own layer in the Word document and text wraps around it. Text boxes are often used to call up bits of text.
How can I make my text follow a curve or arch shape in Microsoft Word for Mac 2011?
Daniel♦4 Answers
Insert -> WordArt, then Format tab appears.
Click Review tab.
Click Format tab again.
Now, click Effects button ('A'), and select 'Transform' from the drop-down menu.
The arch, wavy lines, and other formats are shown under the 'Warp' section on the ribbon.
Transparent Text Box On Word
Daniel
In Office 11 (Mac) at the top, go to VIEW and make sure 'Standard' is selected under 'Toolbars'. Go to Insert → WordArt. Type in your text in the wordart box. Hit the 'Format' button, right next to 'Home'. One of your new selections under 'Text Styles' should be 'Effects'. Click on Effects and select the last selection, 'Transform'.
You should have a whole selection of options including curving text up or down, and making circles. You can edit the curvature by pulling on the text box handles, up and down, and on the corners. You can rotate the text box by clicking and holding on the long 'knob' on the text box.
myhdHere is a graphic showing how to do this in Word 2011 for Mac:
Tom GeweckeStill a little hidden, but here's one way to get there . . .
Start a text boxSelect INSERT and then Word ArtChoose your Word Art style and write your phraseHighlight itGo to the TOOLBOX section QUICK STYLES AND EFFECTS and choose the abc option
Then play with the magenta square on the text box and the size of the text box (as well as the rotate text box) to get the curve you want
A little harder than on a PC but everything else is worth this minor hassle.
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