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what is the differenc between textbox and frame?

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Á÷À˵ÄË«Óã - 22 Sep 2005 08:36 GMT
I wonder when to use textbox and
when to use frame.

Thanks.
Jean-Guy Marcil - 22 Sep 2005 09:16 GMT
Á÷À˵ÄË«Óã was telling us:
Á÷À˵ÄË«Óã nous racontait que :

> I wonder when to use textbox and
> when to use frame.

A textbox is like an image with text inside. You could insert a rectangle
(or any of the auto shapes from the  drawing toolbar), then right click on
it and select Insert text. SO, the textbox on the toolbar is just a short
cut to the most commonly used shape with text inside. You have more control
over position/wrapping/border/colours etc than with frames. They are subject
to the advantages/disadvantages of all shapes/images.

Frames are great because they can be part of a style definition. For
example, let's say you often need text to be at the bottom of the page at 4"
from the left edge and at 7" from the top edge of the page. Insert a frame,
size it as desired, double click on its edges to access its properties and
set the position as I have stated above (relative to page). Then select the
text in the frame (including the ¶) and create a style based on the
selection. Now go to any page where there is no text in that position, type
some text, select it and apply the frame style to it... ZZZoooommm, the text
is sent to the desired location instantly!
Also useful for comment-type paragraphs in the margins, etc.

I use frames very often, but because they are different from textboxes, you
cannot expect them to behave the same way and many people have difficulties
learning to use them. It is a shame they are hard to get to as well. Finally
they are still part of the text layer (you can navigate to text in a frame
with the arrows on the keyboard, you cannot do that with textboxes) whereas
textboxes are on the drawing layer.

That's all I can think of now...

By the way, what has this question got to do with VBA Userforms?
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Á÷À˵ÄË«Óã - 22 Sep 2005 11:18 GMT
Thank you very much,Jean. Your reply is great.
I am sorry for my posting by mistake.
I dont know where to post it,so I post it here.
I apologized for it.
Jean-Guy Marcil - 22 Sep 2005 15:06 GMT
Á÷À˵ÄË«Óã was telling us:
Á÷À˵ÄË«Óã nous racontait que :

> Thank you very much,Jean. Your reply is great.
> I am sorry for my posting by mistake.
> I dont know where to post it,so I post it here.
> I apologized for it.

You don't have to be so apologetic... In fact I am sorry because I should
have suggested a better NG instead of just pointing it out as I did.

This could have been posted in the microsoft.public.word.newusers group.

Cheers.

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Jay Freedman - 22 Sep 2005 23:40 GMT
>Á÷À˵ÄË«Óã was telling us:
>Á÷À˵ÄË«Óã nous racontait que :
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>
>That's all I can think of now...

Another difference, related to the frames being in the text layer and
text boxes in the drawing layer: If you include headings or captions
within frames, then an automatic Table of Contents will find them.
Similar items within text boxes will be "invisible" to a Table of
Contents.

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Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP        FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
 
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