Learn how to display text set apart from your main document in Google Docs with either a table or an inserted drawing.

Unlike Microsoft Word, Google Docs doesn’t currently provide a built-in text box feature, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be done. We’ll show you a few ways to insert a text box in Google Docs.

Did you know you can add a text box filled with color or a unique shape to your Google Doc? Here's where you'll find that feature in Google Drive.

You can add text boxes and shapes to your Google Docs if you want to make a certain section stand out.

If you want to add a Text Box in Google Docs then you can use the Drawing option & Single cell table, & change font, border width, background color, etc.

Automatic Google Docs Spell Check If you want to have Google Docs check your spelling and grammar as you type, you can turn this on in the same menu you use for a one-off check.

Other ways to create a text box While there is an official method for inserting a text box in Google Docs as detailed above, there are a few unconventional ways of getting a text box in your document.

Google Docs treats text boxes like images. This means that resizing the text box transforms it in the same way as an image, which can lead to strange-looking text.