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Text box resize help

Annie Swincinski 1 Reputation point
2022-03-06T15:05:52.687+00:00

I am using a Mac with office 365 local on my computer. Its new in February so It should be the most updated version as far as I know. I am unable to resize text boxes to show the full view of text that is entered. The document is a .docx it was given to me for a schooling assignment already formatted I just need to enlarge the text boxes. I can't even highlight the text boxes to try to format them individually by adjusting the size manually in the format section.

Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | Windows
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  1. Charles Kenyon 3,136 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2022-03-06T16:36:28.1+00:00

    I do not know, but if the Mac version has a Selection Pane, that should assist in selecting the boxes so that the Format controls can be used.

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  2. Ceasar Chen_MSFT 4,481 Reputation points
    2022-03-07T08:28:26.047+00:00

    Hi, @Annie Swincinski
    You can try to drag the text box by holding down OPTION or SHIFT.
    For details, please refer to this link: change-the-size-of-a-picture-shape-+text-box-or-wordart-in-word
    You can also try to format the shape, tick Resize shape based on text. For details, please refer to this link: set-text-direction-and-position-in-a-shape-or-text-box-in-word
    Do other Word documents have a similar issue? You can also test change the size of a text box on office online(please use OneDrive to upload files to Office Online)

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