Auto text box question

[Billybob]

When I start to put a small text box in a word doc, I get a humongous text
box with dark corners and sides with a massage saying "Create your drawings
here". How can I disable this auto function?

Bill

 

[Paul Ballou]

Try Tools> Options> General Tab | Uncheck the box Automatically Create a
Drawing Canvas......

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[Doug Robbins - Word MVP - DELETE UPPERCASE CHARACT]

From the Tools menu, select Options and go to the General tab and uncheck
the "automatically create drawing canvas when inserting AutoShapes" box.

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[Billybob]

Thanks, Doug and Paul! Right on. I looked at the general tab, but just
didn't catch it at the bottom of the list. Boy do I feel dumb asking this
kind of question that I should know already.

Best regards,
Bill

 

[Jay Freedman]

Hi, Bill,

In Tools > Options > General, uncheck "Automatically create drawing
canvas when inserting AutoShapes". Although it isn't obvious, text
boxes are AutoShapes in the same class as the things you can insert
from the Drawing toolbar.

 

[Charles Kenyon]

The dumb question is the one you don't ask.
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[Billybob]

Thanks, Jay! Your post is so useful because that was some I did not realize.

Best Regards,
Bill