![]() In this case, you probably wouldn’t want to display this text on every page, but the technique itself is sound. Then, with the header still in edit mode, I moved it to the right of its corresponding section, within the body of the document. As you can see below, I used WordArt and rotated the text box. ![]() With the header in edit mode, and the cursor in the header section, repeat the steps above to add a text box, format it, and position it in the right margin. The technique is essentially the same in both versions, but the header section looks different. In Word 2003, choose Header and Footer from the View menu. You can also anchor margin text to the header and Word will display it on every page! First, open the header by double-clicking the header section. We could easily quit here and have a comprehensive review of adding text to the left margin, but let’s push on. (For more information on Word’s drawing layer, read 10+ ways to avoid drawing layer headaches in Word.) Anchor to the header You can move the box or apply most any formatting that you like, as long as the drawing layer is disabled. In Print Layout (view), Word easily displays the text. You can also change the font’s color, face, and so on. Next, click the Home tab and click Italics in the Font group and Center in the Paragraph group.Choose No Outline from the Shape Outline dropdown in the Shape Styles group.On the Contextual Format ribbon, choose Middle from the Align Text dropdown in the Text group.Notice that the box is about the same height as the paragraph – that will help us center the text later. Use the mouse to drag and drop a text box of the approximate size in the margin.In Word 2003, choose Text Box from the Drawing toolbar (View, Toolbars, Drawing). Then, choose Draw Text Box (from the list below the gallery options). Click the Insert menu and Click Text Box in the Text group.Now, let’s add the text “Use Quick Styles” to the left of the formatting paragraph in the example document, as follows: ![]() You can still use all the drawing tools you just won’t have the added headache of working in layers. (In Word 2003, it’s in the General Options section.)
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