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I have Googled till the cows come home and cannot find the answer to this ANYWHERE. Hopefully whoever answers this will be creating the first answer to this anywhere on the web! I am editing a document in which a client created a bunch of text boxes that appear throughout the text. I need to edit the text in those boxes, and I can't figure out how to access the text!
I can't click inside the text box and edit it. It acts like a graphic. When I click anywhere on the box, it brings up a dialogue that will let me edit colors, formats, shapes, sizes, layout, wrap etc. All graphic elements. NOTHING that lets me edit the text or access it in any way. Been using Word for 20 years and never had this happen! Can someone help?
I could just recreate all the text boxes, but not only would that be time consuming and annoying, I really want the answer to this. There HAS to be a way. I just purchased MS Office 2013. Previously I used 2010.
I encountered the same problem you described, which I never experienced with 2010.No matter how much I clicked on the text boxes in my document, I couldn't edit the text, or I'd only be able to do so after a really long period of clicking! Not efficient. Anyway, I basically went into the layout box and changed my text wrapping and all of a sudden I had access to all the text boxes in the document. Unfortunately, I wasn't paying attention to what I changed it from, or to, as I was just clicking away and hoping for the best. I went back into layout to see if I could figure it out. A couple times when I chose the text wrapping options 'tight' or 'square' it had the same effect of not allowing me to edit the text. Sorry I can't fully explain but maybe if you change whatever text wrapping option you currently have, it'll work.
I also clicked on the options 'move with text' and 'fix position on page' so you could try those also. All the best to everyone having this problem! Ok, this response is somewhat late, but I may have found an answer to what seems to be the issue.
I am using MS Office 2016 for mac whilst my colleagues are using MS Office 2007. Office 2016, even in compatibility mode, does not allow you to edit text boxes that have been generated with a previous version. In order to overcome this, simply select the text box by clicking on the paragraph mark behind the anchor (you should have enabled 'Show all nonprinting characters') and on the 'insert' tab click 'draw new text box'. A popup appears stating that the text box was generated in an old version and should be converted. It will show a button to convert it to the 2016 version. You will then be able to edit text.
To begin, open the document you want to share and click the “Share” button on the ribbon bar in the upper-right corner of the Word window. NOTE: Before setting up your document to share, you need to make sure you have a. Or, you can use the “Public” folder that exists in your account by default. The “Share” pane displays. To save the document to the folder you shared in your OneDrive account, click “Save to Cloud”. On the “Save As” backstage screen, select the shared location to which you want to save your document, or click the “Browse” button to select a location in your OneDrive account not in the recent list. If needed, navigate to the shared folder on the “Save As” dialog box.
If you want to change the name of the file, enter a new name in the “File name” edit box. Click “Save”. You are returned to the document and the “Share” pane connects and allows you to invite people to either view or edit the file or just view it.
To invite someone to collaborate on the document, enter that user’s email address into the “Invite people” edit box. Select whether they “Can edit” or “Can view” from the drop-down list.
If you want to send a custom message, enter it in the “Include a message” box. To share the document, click “Share”.
The user is added to the list of people with whom you’ve shared the document. You can also specify whether to “Always” or “Never” share changes automatically or to be asked (“Ask me”) every time a change is made by selecting an option from the “Automatically share changes” drop-down list.
The user with whom you shared the document receives an email similar to the following image. They click “View in OneDrive” to access the document. NOTE: You can easily get a link to the shared document so you can email it to users by clicking “Get a sharing link” at the bottom of the “Share” pane. Two buttons display on the “Share” pane.
If you want to send a link that allows a user to view and edit the document, click the “Create an edit link” button. To send a link that only allows a user to view the document, and not edit it, click the “Create a view-only link” button. The “Edit link” box displays containing the URL to access the document with the appropriate permissions.
Click the “Copy” button to the right of the box to copy the URL so you can share the link in email, for example. Clicking the link the user receives in email opens the document in the online version of the appropriate Office 2016 app. When the user starts editing the document, a popup displays telling you that a “Guest is editing this document”.
Changes made by the other person display as highlighted text in your instance of the document. If you allowed a user to edit a document, and then changed your mind, you can easily change permissions for that user. Right-click on the user’s name in the list and select “Change permission to: Can view”. You can also go the other way, giving a user permission to edit the document after only allowing them to view it. If you’re done sharing the document with a user, you can stop allowing the user to view or edit the document.
Right-click on the user’s name in the list and select “Remove User” from the popup menu. To close the “Share” pane, click the “X” in the upper-right corner of the pane. Whether you’re working on a large or small project, this new collaboration feature in Office 2016 with real-time editing and cloud integration with OneDrive is powerful.