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Release the mouse button when finished.

Do not worry about the vertical size and position-the text box will expand if needed as you type.

Click and drag to draw a box for the text on the slide.

If the toolbar with the text icon is not visible, choose View > Toolbars > Drawing.

Click on the Text icon on the Drawing toolbar.

Using text boxes created from the text box tool

Type or paste your text in the text box.

Click in the text box that reads Click to add text, Click to add an outline, or a similar notation.

Using text boxes created from the Layout pane These text boxes are called AutoLayout text boxes.

Choose a predefined layout from the Layouts section of the Tasks pane.

There are two ways to add text boxes to a slide: NOTE: Once you save the Word document you cannot delete the built-in sidebar since it is not really a part of the Word document but it is a standalone supplement to it.Text in slides is contained in text boxes. Play with it until you feel like youve got the right look. The sky is the limit to give the SIDEBAR exactly the look you like. (7) Turn off your gridlines and here is your new and improved document: (6) Enter your text both into the SIDEBAR and also the regular body text area on the right. (5) Change the background color, perspective, and other graphic features of your SIDEBAR text box by trying out many alternatives offered by MS Words formatting buttons and drop0-down menus:

(4) Pull the top and bottom of the text bar to make sure it fits the top and bottom of the grid: (3) Click and select ALPHABET SIDEBAR text box (my personal preference) or any other sidebar text box you like. (2) Go to the INSERT tab and select TEXT BOX to display the pre-set text box designs: This will help you align the SIDEBAR more easily. OPTIONAL STEP: Turn on your gridlines by selecting the GRIDLINES check-box in the VIEW tab. MS Word comes with a number of impressive page layout features that perhaps you generally dont expect from Word since its not known as a page layout application (like InDesign, QuarkXpress, or PageMaker). Did you know how easy it is to add a very stylish text sidebar box to your MS Word business or technical document?