Text Box Chopped off at Page End

[Martha Bowes]

How can I make a text box continue to the next page?

Martha

 

[Beth Rosengard]

Hi Martha,

You can't do it with one text box, but if what you want is to have text flow
from a text box that's positioned on one page to a text box that's
positioned on the next page, you do it by creating linked text boxes.

Make a text box and type something in it. Now make a second, blank text box
below it. Go back to the first text box to select it and click the Link
symbol (looks like two links of a chain) on the Text Box Toolbar (if you
don't see it, activate it from the View>Toolbars menu). Now click into the
blank, second text box (it must be blank). You will see the little pitcher
symbol of the cursor appear to spill over. Now, as you're typing in the
first text box, when you come to the bottom, the text will spill over into
the second text box. And you can move the second box to the next page if
that's where you want it.

For more on linked text boxes, check Word's Help
--
Beth Rosengard
Mac MVP

Mac Word FAQ: <http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/WordMac/index.html>
Entourage Help Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/toc.html>
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[Martha Bowes]

I guess I'll have to link them, but that probably means I'll have to keep
adjusting them as the pagination changes for some time?? I was hoping Word
could automatically flow onto the next page in a text box so I could avoid
this. I need to show the border. If I didn't, it wouldn't matter. Or am I
missing something?

Thanks.

 

[Martha Bowes]

Hi Martha,

I think I don't entirely understand your concern. The text *will* flow onto
the next page in a text box; it just won't be the same text box. And if you
position the text boxes so they don't overlap the border, then they won't.

Have you played around with linked text boxes yet to see how they work?

The problem is that as the pagination changes, the whole box might later fit
on one page, but appear as two separate boxes. This means I'd have to check
all the boxes, in a long document, before production to be sure this didn't
happen to any of them.

 

[Beth Rosengard]

The problem is that as the pagination changes, the whole box might later fit
on one page, but appear as two separate boxes. This means I'd have to check
all the boxes, in a long document, before production to be sure this didn't
happen to any of them.

Hi Martha,

Okay, I see the problem now and I don't have an answer. I recommend posting
to either microsoft.public.word.pagelayout or possibly
microsoft.public.word.formatting.longdocs. Let them know you're on a Mac
when you post.

Sorry not to be of more help.

--
Beth Rosengard
Mac MVP

Mac Word FAQ: <http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/WordMac/index.html>
Entourage Help Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/toc.html>

 

[Martha Bowes]

Actually this is very helpful. I was thinking I would try a different
newsgroup about my line numbering/callouts conflict, but I thought I'd only
find a windows Word group. These other two could come in handy!

Thanks for all your help, on this issue and others in the past.

Martha

 

[Beth Rosengard]

Hi Martha,

Most of the MS Word newsgroups are dominated by Windows users, as you would
expect. But the differences between WinWord and MacWord are mostly
superficial (keyboard stuff in particular). You'll find a very useful
article on "Differences Between PC and Mac Word" here:
<http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/WordMac/Differences.htm>. I suggest you read
it before posting to the other Word groups. And, as I said before, be sure
to tell them you're on a Mac.

--
Beth Rosengard
Mac MVP

Mac Word FAQ: <http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/WordMac/index.html>
Entourage Help Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/toc.html>