Changing default text box settings

I have Word 2000. I'm working on a project that will require a LOT of text boxes. When I draw a text box, I want it to automatically have certain settings. For instance, currently the defaults seem to be:

Line color: Black
Layout: In front of text
Internal margins: .1" left & right, .05" top & bottom

What I would like in every text box I create is:

Line color: No line
Layout: Square
Internal margins: 0" all

I can't determine WHERE I go to change the default settings, although I have a strong hunch that the settings are stored in normal.dot. I also seem to remember that at one time the default layout was in fact "square", so I think that I or a co-worker must have changed it at some point, accidentally or intentionally.

Any help would be appreciated.

Not sure about Word 2000, but in Word 2002 once you get the text box
formatted as you like, left click once on the text box to select it,
then right click on an edge of the text box, and left click on Set
AutoShape Defaults.


Marlene McCall wrote:

I have Word 2000. I'm working on a project that will require a LOT of text boxes. When I draw a text box, I want it to automatically have certain settings. For instance, currently the defaults seem to be:

Line color: Black
Layout: In front of text
Internal margins: .1" left & right, .05" top & bottom

What I would like in every text box I create is:

Line color: No line
Layout: Square
Internal margins: 0" all

I can't determine WHERE I go to change the default settings, although I have a strong hunch that the settings are stored in normal.dot. I also seem to remember that at one time the default layout was in fact "square", so I think that I or a co-worker must have changed it at some point, accidentally or intentionally.

Any help would be appreciated.

Garfield:

Yes, it works. You saved me oodles of time. Thanks!

Marlene

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"garfield-n-odie" wrote:

Not sure about Word 2000, but in Word 2002 once you get the text box
formatted as you like, left click once on the text box to select it,
then right click on an edge of the text box, and left click on Set
AutoShape Defaults.


Marlene McCall wrote:

I have Word 2000. I'm working on a project that will require a LOT of text boxes. When I draw a text box, I want it to automatically have certain settings. For instance, currently the defaults seem to be:

Line color: Black
Layout: In front of text
Internal margins: .1" left & right, .05" top & bottom

What I would like in every text box I create is:

Line color: No line
Layout: Square
Internal margins: 0" all

I can't determine WHERE I go to change the default settings, although I have a strong hunch that the settings are stored in normal.dot. I also seem to remember that at one time the default layout was in fact "square", so I think that I or a co-worker must have changed it at some point, accidentally or intentionally.

Any help would be appreciated.

Why not simply save a formatted text box as an autotext item which will make
it simple to insert similar items.
If a table would work, use that instead.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org




Marlene McCall wrote:
I have Word 2000. I'm working on a project that will require a LOT
of text boxes. When I draw a text box, I want it to automatically
have certain settings. For instance, currently the defaults seem to
be:

Line color: Black
Layout: In front of text
Internal margins: .1" left & right, .05" top & bottom

What I would like in every text box I create is:

Line color: No line
Layout: Square
Internal margins: 0" all

I can't determine WHERE I go to change the default settings, although
I have a strong hunch that the settings are stored in normal.dot. I
also seem to remember that at one time the default layout was in fact
"square", so I think that I or a co-worker must have changed it at
some point, accidentally or intentionally.

Any help would be appreciated.

Note that the text box defaults is set for the current document, only.
If you want to save the settings for future use, you can "Set
AutoShape Defaults" for a text box in a template file, and use that
template.

--
Stefan Blom


"Marlene McCall" wrote in
message news
Garfield:

Yes, it works. You saved me oodles of time. Thanks!

Marlene

**********************

"garfield-n-odie" wrote:

Not sure about Word 2000, but in Word 2002 once you get the text
box
formatted as you like, left click once on the text box to select
it,
then right click on an edge of the text box, and left click on Set
AutoShape Defaults.


Marlene McCall wrote:

I have Word 2000. I'm working on a project that will require a
LOT of text boxes. When I draw a text box, I want it to automatically
have certain settings. For instance, currently the defaults seem to
be:

Line color: Black
Layout: In front of text
Internal margins: .1" left & right, .05" top & bottom

What I would like in every text box I create is:

Line color: No line
Layout: Square
Internal margins: 0" all

I can't determine WHERE I go to change the default settings,
although I have a strong hunch that the settings are stored in
normal.dot. I also seem to remember that at one time the default
layout was in fact "square", so I think that I or a co-worker must
have changed it at some point, accidentally or intentionally.

Any help would be appreciated.

And also be very aware that the defaults are for *all* AutoShapes, not just
text boxes. If you set your text boxes for No Line and No Fill, then you'll
need to remember what you've done the next time you try to draw a circle or
rectangle and it disappears as soon as you let go of it!

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
...
Note that the text box defaults is set for the current document, only.
If you want to save the settings for future use, you can "Set
AutoShape Defaults" for a text box in a template file, and use that
template.

--
Stefan Blom


"Marlene McCall" wrote in
message news
Garfield:

Yes, it works. You saved me oodles of time. Thanks!

Marlene

**********************

"garfield-n-odie" wrote:

Not sure about Word 2000, but in Word 2002 once you get the text
box
formatted as you like, left click once on the text box to select
it,
then right click on an edge of the text box, and left click on Set
AutoShape Defaults.


Marlene McCall wrote:

I have Word 2000. I'm working on a project that will require a
LOT of text boxes. When I draw a text box, I want it to automatically
have certain settings. For instance, currently the defaults seem to
be:

Line color: Black
Layout: In front of text
Internal margins: .1" left & right, .05" top & bottom

What I would like in every text box I create is:

Line color: No line
Layout: Square
Internal margins: 0" all

I can't determine WHERE I go to change the default settings,
although I have a strong hunch that the settings are stored in
normal.dot. I also seem to remember that at one time the default
layout was in fact "square", so I think that I or a co-worker must
have changed it at some point, accidentally or intentionally.

Any help would be appreciated.

Good point. Maybe creating an AutoText entry, as suggested by Graham
Mayor, is the best approach, after all.

--
Stefan Blom


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
And also be very aware that the defaults are for *all* AutoShapes,
not just
text boxes. If you set your text boxes for No Line and No Fill, then
you'll
need to remember what you've done the next time you try to draw a
circle or
rectangle and it disappears as soon as you let go of it!

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
...
Note that the text box defaults is set for the current document,
only.
If you want to save the settings for future use, you can "Set
AutoShape Defaults" for a text box in a template file, and use
that
template.

--
Stefan Blom


"Marlene McCall" wrote
in
message news
Garfield:

Yes, it works. You saved me oodles of time. Thanks!

Marlene

**********************

"garfield-n-odie" wrote:

Not sure about Word 2000, but in Word 2002 once you get the
text
box
formatted as you like, left click once on the text box to
select
it,
then right click on an edge of the text box, and left click on
Set
AutoShape Defaults.


Marlene McCall wrote:

I have Word 2000. I'm working on a project that will
require a
LOT of text boxes. When I draw a text box, I want it to
automatically
have certain settings. For instance, currently the defaults seem
to
be:

Line color: Black
Layout: In front of text
Internal margins: .1" left & right, .05" top & bottom

What I would like in every text box I create is:

Line color: No line
Layout: Square
Internal margins: 0" all

I can't determine WHERE I go to change the default settings,
although I have a strong hunch that the settings are stored in
normal.dot. I also seem to remember that at one time the default
layout was in fact "square", so I think that I or a co-worker must
have changed it at some point, accidentally or intentionally.

Any help would be appreciated.