Whether you want to make text stand out, add some structure, or create a unique visual, we’ll show you a few ways to insert a text box in Google Docs.

Once the text box is in the document, it's treated as an image — you can resize the box by clicking and holding on its corners, but the dimensions of the letters within may get warped.

Here’s how to add a text box in just a few steps: Select “Insert” in the top left menu; Choose “Drawing” Choose the first option, “+ New” ...

Once you insert your text box, it’ll function like an image in the document so you can resize or change the angle. You’ll ...

However, the text box appears in documents opened in the Google Docs app and can be formatted in a limited manner. Here's how to insert a text box in Google Docs.

If the text box won’t resize in Word or Excel on a Windows 11/10 PC, use the options covered below. Before that, update Microsoft Word or Excel, insert a text box, and check if the problem is gone.

But fonts and art for letters and numbers aren’t normally a single line. Thankfully there is a solution in the form of Hershey text, an extension for which is included in Inkscape .