Word Text box resize causes other boxes to disappear

I create a newsletter with text boxes in Word, been doing it this way for
years, suddenly this weird quirk has developed. I just try to move a box a
little bit left or right, or resize it a little bit, and neighboring boxes
just bounce into nowhere. I have to undo to get them back. This is making
the document unworkable. Ideas anyone?

In Format | Text Box | Layout | Advanced, check the "Distance from text"
(Wrapping tab). Also, the "Allow overlap" check box (Picture Position tab)
may be important.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"churchlady" wrote in message
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I create a newsletter with text boxes in Word, been doing it this way for
years, suddenly this weird quirk has developed. I just try to move a box
a
little bit left or right, or resize it a little bit, and neighboring boxes
just bounce into nowhere. I have to undo to get them back. This is
making
the document unworkable. Ideas anyone?

Thank you for telling me about the options under the Advanced button in
layout. Allow overlapping was checked. Distance from text was 0 for top and
botton and 0.13 for left and right. I tried fiddling with the numbers but
could not solve the problem: when I changed the text box (2nd column on page
5) the two columns on page 6 still vanish.

Could you please tell me what the ideal other settings are for a page with
two columns created by side by side text boxes? (Which Wrapping style,
absolute position, etc.) Thanks.

Robin Morris

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

In Format | Text Box | Layout | Advanced, check the "Distance from text"
(Wrapping tab). Also, the "Allow overlap" check box (Picture Position tab)
may be important.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"churchlady" wrote in message
...
I create a newsletter with text boxes in Word, been doing it this way for
years, suddenly this weird quirk has developed. I just try to move a box
a
little bit left or right, or resize it a little bit, and neighboring boxes
just bounce into nowhere. I have to undo to get them back. This is
making
the document unworkable. Ideas anyone?

I rarely use text boxes at all, so I'm afraid I can't be much help. I
usually just use newspaper-style columns instead. You might try using
newspaper-style columns and then anchoring a text box to a text paragraph in
each column.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"churchlady" wrote in message
...
Thank you for telling me about the options under the Advanced button in
layout. Allow overlapping was checked. Distance from text was 0 for top
and
botton and 0.13 for left and right. I tried fiddling with the numbers
but
could not solve the problem: when I changed the text box (2nd column on
page
5) the two columns on page 6 still vanish.

Could you please tell me what the ideal other settings are for a page with
two columns created by side by side text boxes? (Which Wrapping style,
absolute position, etc.) Thanks.

Robin Morris

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

In Format | Text Box | Layout | Advanced, check the "Distance from
text"
(Wrapping tab). Also, the "Allow overlap" check box (Picture Position
tab)
may be important.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"churchlady" wrote in message
...
I create a newsletter with text boxes in Word, been doing it this way
for
years, suddenly this weird quirk has developed. I just try to move a
box
a
little bit left or right, or resize it a little bit, and neighboring
boxes
just bounce into nowhere. I have to undo to get them back. This is
making
the document unworkable. Ideas anyone?

I figured out the problem! The boxes that were bouncing off into the ozone
were set at layout "in front of text" instead of "square." When I switched
it, they stopped disappearing. Phew. (It would have been a pain to reformat
everything into columns.)

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

I rarely use text boxes at all, so I'm afraid I can't be much help. I
usually just use newspaper-style columns instead. You might try using
newspaper-style columns and then anchoring a text box to a text paragraph in
each column.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"churchlady" wrote in message
...
Thank you for telling me about the options under the Advanced button in
layout. Allow overlapping was checked. Distance from text was 0 for top
and
botton and 0.13 for left and right. I tried fiddling with the numbers
but
could not solve the problem: when I changed the text box (2nd column on
page
5) the two columns on page 6 still vanish.

Could you please tell me what the ideal other settings are for a page with
two columns created by side by side text boxes? (Which Wrapping style,
absolute position, etc.) Thanks.

Robin Morris

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

In Format | Text Box | Layout | Advanced, check the "Distance from
text"
(Wrapping tab). Also, the "Allow overlap" check box (Picture Position
tab)
may be important.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"churchlady" wrote in message
...
I create a newsletter with text boxes in Word, been doing it this way
for
years, suddenly this weird quirk has developed. I just try to move a
box
a
little bit left or right, or resize it a little bit, and neighboring
boxes
just bounce into nowhere. I have to undo to get them back. This is
making
the document unworkable. Ideas anyone?