Box+Around+Adding+to+Selected+Text

Box Around Adding to Selected Text

You may when creating a presentation wish to have certain Text in a box

This can be done in Word, which I will describe,

However when you try to implement you probably will be told that facility is not installed and would you like to install it.

Obviously this means that you will have to look out the CD, and have it ready.

You can also add borders around words or characters within a paragraph.

You implement this by using some of the special field formatting capabilities of Word.

To add a border around text within a paragraph, follow these steps:‐

1. Position the insertion point i.e. your cursor where you want the boxed text to appear.

2. Select the Field option from the Insert menu which is on the Top Toolbar.

3. This displays the Field dialog box.

4. In the Category, select Equations and Formulas

5. In the Dialog box, choose Eq as the field name.

6. Then click Field Codes

7. Click on the Options button.

8. Choose \X as the switch you want to use, ( the parentheses are closed )

9. Next click on Add to Field.

10. Within the Field Text box, position the insertion point ( Cursor) between the

two parentheses.

11. Type the text you want to appear as boxed.

12. Click on OK twice.

Steps illustrated in the graphics below:‐





As an alternate way of performing the same task, once you have loaded the program, you can follow the steps detailed below:‐

Position the insertion point ( Cursor ) where you want the boxed text to appear.

Press CTRL+F9 to insert field braces. e.g. { }

Within the field braces, type EQ \x(text), replacing ʺtextʺ with the text you want boxed. In this example Lindburgh

Press SHIFT+F9 to show the results of the field.

= sample of result.

You should note that it is important the text around which the box will appear has to be all be on the same line.

If the text wraps across a couple of lines, the results will not be as you would have wished

This appears at first site to be somewhat of a phaff.

However once loaded the latter method is very quick to implement