How To Add A Text Box In Google Docs


Google Documents is a free to use a program similar to Microsoft Word, with tons of the same features. As this program is free and browser-based, it’s quite popular to use, and learning the various features that you can use within Google Docs is really useful in formatting your own documents. For example, users can learn how to add a text box in Google Docs.

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Today, are going to talk about how to add a text box in Google Docs. A text box can be used to have specific information stand out on the document. Highlighting and adding information into a box is a good way to format-specific information.

How To Add A Text Box In Google Docs

How to add a Text Box in Google Docs
  • Step 1: Locate the word Insert on the toolbar and select it.
  • Step 2: Drag your mouse over the word Drawing, then the word New. 
  • Step 3: A pop-up should appear called Drawing. Select the Text box icon, which is a T inside of a box that has circles on its corners.
  • Step 4: Using your mouse, click and drag to create a box that you want, and then release your mouse. 
  • Step 5: Type whatever you want into the text box, then hit the Save and Close button. The textbox will then appear on your document.
  • Step 6: You can now drag around this text box as well as edit it, by selecting the text box and the editing icon. 

It’s that easy. If you want to delete your text box you can highlight it and hit backspace or delete. Making text boxes is quite quick, and once you know how to do it, you can easily utilize this feature whenever.

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