removing text box border

Question

Is there a step I can take to remove the border in a Microsoft 2010 Word text box? I've already tried More Layout Options.

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Select the text box. On the contextual tab, called Text Box in older versions of Word or Shape Format in recent versions of Word, click Shape Outline and then click No Outline.

Answer 2

Thanks. I found More Layout Options and Format Shape dialog boxes in a contextual menu on right-clicking on the box )itself (below). The only two options I found on the Text Box contextual menu, were: Draw Text Box and Save Text Box to Gallery.

Answer 3

What you are showing is the right-click context menu. What Stefan was referring to was the contextual Ribbon tab that appears when you select a text box, the Shape Format tab. In earlier versions, it is called Drawing Tools | Format.

Answer 4

Yes, in my copy, by just clicking in the text box I saw "Drawing Tools" appearing near the middle of the screen. To the right of the words "Shape Outline", I clicked on the drop-down arrow and found "No Outline", which deleted the border – after clicking on it.

Thank you!

Answer 5

I'm glad you got it sorted. :-)