Choose+Your+Own+Shape+for+Text+Boxes+in+2010

If you are creating a pull quote for a newsletter, Word lets you get creative with the layout.
 * Choose Your Own Shape for Text Boxes in 2010 **

First choose Insert, Text Box to add a text box to a document to accommodate the pull quote. To change its shape or its colour, select the text box and then, from the Drawing Tools, Format tab, select the Edit Shape option you want to use.

Then choose Change Shape and choose any shape to restyle your text box, which is essentially a shape filled with text. You can, for example, change the double-bracket text box to a curly double brace or to a callout. You may need to resize the text box or the size of the font if the text does not fit neatly.