word 2007: center text in text box

[mathieu]

Hi there,

I am following instruction from:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA102384571033.aspx

It says:

....
Vertical alignment

Shapes showing vertical alignment of text

1. Right-click the border of the shape or text box.
2. On the shortcut menu, do one of the following:
* For a shape, click Format AutoShape, and then click the
Text Box tab.

Note The Text Box tab is unavailable in a shape unless
the shape contains text.
* For a text box, click Format Text Box, and then click the
Text Box tab.
3. Under Vertical alignment, click the option that you want.
....

unfortunately when I reach the "vertical alignment" option it is
grayed out. The documentation does nto explain what I need to do in
this case.

thanks !

 

[mathieu]

Hi there,

I am following instruction from:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA102384571033.aspx

It says:

...
Vertical alignment

Shapes showing vertical alignment of text

1. Right-click the border of the shape or text box.
2. On the shortcut menu, do one of the following:
* For a shape, click Format AutoShape, and then click the
Text Box tab.

Note The Text Box tab is unavailable in a shape unless
the shape contains text.
* For a text box, click Format Text Box, and then click the
Text Box tab.
3. Under Vertical alignment, click the option that you want.
...

unfortunately when I reach the "vertical alignment" option it is
grayed out. The documentation does nto explain what I need to do in
this case.

thanks !

switching to word 2007 file format is a solution, but I can't used it
as I need to export the doc in word 2003 for my coworkers.

ref:
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...ng.graphics/msg/e593bc24bc11bd5b?dmode=source

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Previous versions don't support vertical alignment in text boxes. You can
insert a single table cell in the text box and use the vertical alignment
feature available in tables.

 

[Stefan Blom]

As far as I know, setting the vertical alignment in text boxes is not
supported in Word 97-2003 documents. You could create the document in Word
2007 format and then send it as a PDF (assuming that your co-workers don't
have to edit the document of course).

 

[mathieu]

thanks !

Previous versions don't support vertical alignment in text boxes. You can
insert a single table cell in the text box and use the vertical alignment
feature available in tables.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA