The techniques for inserting and changing the size of text boxes are the same as those for inserting and changing the size of graphics. The only trick with text boxes is telling Word whether they should be attached to a paragraph and therefore move with that paragraph when it moves or not be attached so that they stay in one place.
TIP: If you've already
entered the text, you can select it and then give commands for putting a text
box around it. You end up with a text box with your text inside it. However,
creating a text box by selecting text first wreaks havoc with the position
settings of the new text box. It is much easier to create the text box first
and then copy text into it.
To begin with, don't worry about whether the text box is the right size or where it belongs on the page. You can handle that stuff after you have followed these steps to insert a text box in a document:
1. Scroll to the page where you want to insert the text box.
2. Choose Insert | Text Box. The pointer changes into a cross and Word switches to Page Layout view, if you are not already there.
3. Click in what is to be the upper-left corner of the text box and drag the pointer across the page to what is to be the opposite corner. Lines appear to show where the borders of the text box are.
4. Release the mouse button. Square sizing handles and hash marks appear around the text box:
5. Click in the text box and start typing. You can format text in the text box by calling on most of Word's formatting commands, including the Align buttons and font settings.