Re: Cant delete text boxes

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When I select the object the "text box" menu appears - so I believe it is a
text box. They are not in the header/footer section.

I am using Word 2003.

I can drag the text box around - and it affects my table layout causing
pages to break. But I cant delete them...

I sent the document to another computer - here we could delete them - but
when the document was sent back to my computer - there were all there when I
opened the document..

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

What you are describing could be frames instead of text boxes. Activate the
header/footer area; then you should be able to select and delete the frames.
See also http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/UnaccountablyIndented.htm.

If you are sure they are in fact text boxes, you should be able to use the
Select Object command to select and then delete them: In Word 2007, click
the Home tab, and click Select | Select Objects. You should then be able to
hold the left mouse button and drag to select the text boxes.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"RSunday" <RSunday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I copied a number of text blocks from another document into a table.

With these text blocks I have also copied some text boxes (showing page
numbers in the original document...). Now these text boxes appear in my
table
document.

I want to delete them - but somehow I cant.

Any suggestions (please be specific on what to do)?



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