word text box problem

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I'm creating a template with several text boxes. The thing I've been unable
to do is fix the text box in a specific location, even if the document is
saved as a template. Any click on the frame will allow the text box to be
dragged and resized. Is there an easy fix, or is the solution to use tables?
 
Unfortunately there's no way to lock the location of a Text Box against user
selection and movement. Although you can set exact row and column
measurements with tables, again you can't lock against user dragging.
However, it's not quite so easy to move row and columns accidentally, so
that's probably the best you can do.

If the user doesn't need to edit the text in the text box directly,
sometimes you can anchor to the header instead of the text - that protects
from user selection unless they deliberately open Header/Footer view.
Similarly in some situations you can prevent accidental selection by sending
graphical elements to the back layer or behind text.
 
I wouldn't personally use a text box for any function that I could manage
another way. Tables or frames, if appropriate, are undoubtedly a better way
forward. Text boxes and their content are in the graphics layer of the
document and are treated separately from the text layer.

Having said that, checkout the advanced layout options accessible from the
format > text box > layout dialog.

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One way to change the way the entire box behaves is to make it "in line with text" which you can chose from within the "format text box options" in the "layout" tab.

That way, you can treat the entire box as if it were a single line of text. For example; pressing return, outside the box, will move it down. And you can choose to centre it, etc.

For a template, where you want it to be in a fixed location. It's probably your best bet.

Hope this helps.
 
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