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Quick Word layout and desktop-publishing tricks
July 20, 1998
Web posted at: 11:20 AM EDT
by George Campbell
(IDG) -- Design program? Who needs a design program? For simple signs, banners, and quick presentations, Microsoft Word will do the trick. And if you're using Word 97 there's even more flexibility in the way you create your layouts.
Move Word Text Boxes
Word 97's Text Boxes, which you create painlessly by selecting Insert, Text Box, are great for document layout. You can assemble very complex objects by embedding other text boxes, WordArt objects, and other discrete objects inside a single Text Box. After you've created such a complex text box, you may want to copy and paste it several times on a page--to create a sheet of gift certificates or name badges, for example. If so, here's a nifty trick.
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If you simply select the text box, copy it to the Clipboard, and paste it into a new location, only the main text box and its basic contents will get copied. If you've nested other text boxes or objects inside, you need to select all the objects as a group.
To do this, first drag the mouse pointer over the edge of the outermost text box, clicking when it turns into a four-pointed arrow. Next, hold down Shift as you drag over each of the remaining objects, and click when the pointer changes. Each object will display its border, signaling that it is selected. If the four-pointed arrow doesn't appear when you drag over an object, that object will be copied with the surrounding text box automatically. Now you can copy the entire group of objects to the Clipboard for pasting.
Reposition Text and Graphics With the Keyboard
For some people, using the mouse to move text, graphics, or other objects can be a trying experience. This is particularly true when you're working on a notebook computer equipped with an imprecise or awkward pointing device. Fortunately, in Word 6.0 and later you can easily move things around using the keyboard.
Select the text or object you want to move, then press
F2. Using the arrow keys, move the shadow cursor to
the desired location, and then press Enter.