How do I delete a text box in the header?

[dragunovguy]

I am trying to update our templates and replace some items in the
header in Word 2007. I cannot delete the existing text boxes in the
header. I highlight a text box and hit the delete key and it does
nothing. There is no delete button anywhere in sight in the interface.

Thanks
Daryl

 

[Dawn Crosier, Word MVP]

Make sure you have the edge of the text box selected. Then the delete key on
the keyboard should do it for you.

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Microsoft MVP
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I am trying to update our templates and replace some items in the
header in Word 2007. I cannot delete the existing text boxes in the
header. I highlight a text box and hit the delete key and it does
nothing. There is no delete button anywhere in sight in the interface.

Thanks
Daryl

 

[Guest]

I am having the same problem, but when I hit delete, the box is still there.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I have had this experience, and it can be very puzzling. Occasionally, it
seems, I have inadvertently pasted or duplicated a text box more than once,
resulting in multiple text boxes layered one in front of the other in the
exact same location (this can happen if the text box is pasted in a place
that you don't expect it, so you don't see it and think the paste failed, so
you try again). So you delete one and it doesn't seem to have been deleted,
but you're actually looking at the one behind it. If you keep selecting and
deleting long enough, eventually you'll get to the bottom of the pile.

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

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[Guest]

Tried it - didn't work.

I have had this experience, and it can be very puzzling. Occasionally, it
seems, I have inadvertently pasted or duplicated a text box more than once,
resulting in multiple text boxes layered one in front of the other in the
exact same location (this can happen if the text box is pasted in a place
that you don't expect it, so you don't see it and think the paste failed, so
you try again). So you delete one and it doesn't seem to have been deleted,
but you're actually looking at the one behind it. If you keep selecting and
deleting long enough, eventually you'll get to the bottom of the pile.

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

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