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Conditional Calculations in Word
When you insert a text box into your document, Word makes some assumptions about how that text box should appear. By default, the text box includes a border. If you normally remove the border, you may be wondering how you can instruct Word to not include the border, by default.
Well, there is good news and there is bad news. The good news is that you can instruct Word to not include the border by default. Just follow these general steps:
Now, whenever you create a text box, it will have the formatting attributes you specified. This affects every text box you create in the current document. If you want all new text boxes, in all documents, to be affected, then open the Normal.dot file and perform the above steps. (You can delete the text box from the Normal.dot file after performing the steps.)
Now for the bad news: Word considers a text box just another AutoShape. Thus, the formatting you set as default in step 4 will affect all the other AutoShapes you place in your document. If you only use text boxes, this isn't a big deal. If you use all sorts of other AutoShapes, then it can be a big drawback. You will need to analyze your needs and make your decisions accordingly.
Tip #1633 applies to Microsoft Word versions: 97 2000 2002 2003
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