how do I flow text box to second page?

[Cletus]

As I type in a text box, the box does not flow to the next page. How do I
get the box to go to the next page?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

A text box is a graphic object; it cannot exceed one page. You can insert
another text box on the next page and link the two.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Jay Freedman]

As I type in a text box, the box does not flow to the next page. How do I
get the box to go to the next page?

A single text box cannot ever cross a page boundary.

You can insert another text box on the next page and then link the
second box to the first. Text that overflows the first box will go to
the second box -- but they'll always be separate boxes.

To make the link in Word 2003 or earlier, click in the first box,
click the Create Text Box Link button on the Text Box toolbar, and
then click in the second box.

If you have Word 2007, put the cursor in the first box, click the
Create Link button on the Text Box Tools ribbon, and then click in the
second box.

 

[Graham Mayor]

In addition to what Suzanne and Jay have said, do you need text boxes? The
implications from your post are that you are using full, or near full, page
text boxes. In that case you would be better setting margins to limit your
text area.

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

That was my thought, too, though I was hoping for more feedback from the OP
before jumping to conclusions. It is certainly true, though, that users who
come from a page layout/DTP environment tend to think in text box terms.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org