Text Boxes for “Desktop Publishing” Effects

Suppose you’re creating a newsletter, and you want a story that begins on page 1 to continue on page 4. To make this happen, you place the text in text boxes and then create text box links between them so that the story will flow from one text box to another in the order you want. (For more information on creating newsletters, see Create a Newsletter.)

To add text boxes to a document   click Text Box (Insert menu), and then click and drag to create a text box the size you want. Insert additional text boxes where you want the text to flow.

To link text boxes   select the first text box and then click the Create Text Box Link button on the Text Box toolbar. If the toolbar doesn’t appear, when you create text boxes, click Text Box (View menu, Toolbars submenu).

Click in the text box that you want the text to flow to. (When you move the upright pitcher over a text box that can receive a link, the pitcher turns into a pouring pitcher.) To link to additional text boxes, select the text box that you just created the link to, click the Create Text Box Link button, and click in the text box that you want the text to flow to.