How Do You Link Text Boxes

Click Home > Draw Text Box, and drag the cross shaped cursor to draw a box where you want text.Click in the text box you want as the first text box in the story.On the Text Box Tools Format tab, in the Linking group, click Create Link. … Click in the text box you want as the next in the story.

What does it mean to link text boxes?

You can create text box links across a document to contain all the text within a story and flow text between them. When the text box is full, text in linked text boxes flows automatically from one text box to the next text box in the chain.

How do you link text boxes together in Word?

1. Click Home > Draw Text Box, and drag the cross shaped cursor to draw a box where you want text.
2. Click in the text box you want as the first text box in the story.
3. On the Text Box Tools Format tab, in the Linking group, click Create Link. …
4. Click in the text box you want as the next in the story.