Matt Needles
I can resize it and move it but cannot enter text into it. When it is not activated, typed text goes into the document not into the text box. There are no contents to edit because I cannot paste nor type any in to it.
I require text that I can position anywhere on a page be it in floating frames, frames or text boxes. I have tried all three. None have worked.
Right clicking does not let me do anything I want to do - namely enter text - not files, not images, not buttons, not fields, not .....
What I call a "text box" has an icon on a flyout of the main left hand toolbar under 'Show Form Functions' about five icons from the top. Its icon is 'abl'. When the cursor hovers over it it displays 'Text Box'.
I am using Version 1.1.2 not version as I mistakenly said in my previous e-mail
Bernard Hagan
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Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 2:47 AM
Subject: [users] Re: Inserting Text into Text Box
Bernard Hagan wrote:Whenever I select a frame, floating frame or text box and try to enter text nothing happens. The activated border just sits there. I have clicked outside the border to deactivate and then inside the border to reactivate. The cursor appears as the bold 'move' cross which does not change when the box is activated. It will allow me to reposition the empty box around the page but no text appears when I type.When you select a frame, you get the 8 handles to allow you to resize or move it. While it is selected, you cannot edit its contents.
A floating frame is a container for another document, either on your computer or on the internet or some remote computer. The contents of the floating frame are not directly editable, however, if you right-click inside the floating frame, you can select "Edit" from the context menu, which may allow you to edit the source document or a copy of it.
What you call a "text box" probably refers to a text Drawing object, created from the large capital "T" icon on the Drawing toolbar. The way to edit the contents is to double click the object.
HTH, Matt Needles OOo Coach/Tester
I have tried copying and then pasting text into the box but this results in the text box dissappearing altogether and the pasted text goes on to the page and is not able to be repositioned as one would expect a text box to do.
I am using Version 2.0 of Open Office. I'm most likely doing something or not doing something that is obvious. Can anyone help?
Bernard Hagan
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