Alternatively, click Draw Text Box to manually draw a rectangle anywhere in the document. Once you've created your text box, just click on its inside to start writing in it.

In Microsoft Word, you can insert built-in or custom fields into your Word document that may change within your document. Learn how to insert a Text field in Word.

Add a Text Box Open the Microsoft Word document that needs a floating text box added. Click the "Insert" tab on the Ribbon and click "Text Box" on the Text panel.

Launch Microsoft Office Excel 2010 and open the spreadsheet that contains the data you want to insert into the Word document. Press "Ctrl-A" to select the entire spreadsheet.

We explain how to insert a Cover Page into a Word document, Create Custom Cover Pages, Remove a Cover Page & remove Custom Cover Page.

Microsoft's word processor has tons of tools, and mastering them can seem daunting. In this guide, we'll focus on one and show you how to insert lines in Word.