Google Docs is an excellent online word processor that helps you with the capability of writing, Editing, and sending documents. We definitely need a document in our work life or study. Google Docs is one of the easy options to meet your need. While working with a document, many times we have the requirement to add a textbox in the document. Well, in this article, we will discuss the steps to insert a text box or shapes In Google Docs.
How To Insert A Text Box In Google Docs? Below are the 4 simple steps to add a textbox in Google Docs.
- Open your Google Docs document.
- Click on Insert menu –> Select Drawing –> + New button
- Click on the Textbox icon and draw a text box on the Drawing area.
- Click on the Save and Close button to add the textbox to your Google Docs document.
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How To Insert A Text Box In Google Docs
It’s quite easy to add a textbox in Google Docs. Below are the 3 best ways to insert a textbox in Google Docs. You can follow the below approaches and can watch the Video tutorial for the same.
Approach-1: Using the Drawing tool
You can easily insert a text box or shapes in Google Docs using the Drawing tool by following the below steps
- Navigate to https://docs.google.com/ and click on the + (Blank) button to create a blank document or you can open any existing google document where you want to insert the text box.
- Now, click on the Insert Menu –> Select Drawing option –> Click on the + New button.
3. Click on the Textbox icon as highlighted below.
4. Now, drag it on the drawing space and make a text box and then you can release the mouse. Add the needed text inside the text box.
Customizing text boxes
5. You can also customize the text box by changing the border color, weight, etc, and then click on the Save and Close button to add the text box in the Google document.
These are the steps for adding Text Boxes in Google Docs using Drawing option.
Approach-2: Using a Single Cell Table (1 x 1 Table)
Follow the below steps to insert a text box in Google Docs by using single-cell (1×1) table.
- Navigate to https://docs.google.com/ and click on the + (Blank) button to create a blank document or you can open any existing google document where you want to insert the text box.
- Click on the Insert menu –> Select the Table option –> Click on the first option i.e 1 row 1 column table as highlighted below.
3. You can add the desired text inside the text box and customize the text box based on your need.
Approach-3: Using the Shapes option
One more way to create and insert a text box in Google Docs is by using the Shapes option. Follow the below steps to use Shapes to create and insert a text box in Google Docs.
- Navigate to https://docs.google.com/ and click on the + (Blank) button to create a blank document or you can open any existing Google document where you want to insert the text box.
- The next step is to click on the Insert Menu –> Select Drawing option –> Click on the + New button.
3. Click on the Shapes option –> Select Shapes –> Choose the desired shape from the list of shapes.
4. Now, you can drag it on the drawing area and make a text box and then release the mouse. Add the needed text inside the text box. You can customize the text box by changing the border color, weight, text color, etc by using the below option, and finally, click on the Save and Close button to save the changes.
5. Once the text box is added to the Google Docs, if you want to edit the properties of the textbox, then you can click on the Edit button as highlighted below.
Insert a text box in Google Docs – Video Tutorial
How To Insert A Text Box Over A Picture In Google Docs
It’s quite easy to insert a text box over a picture in Google Docs. Follow the below steps to add a text box over a picture in Google Docs.
- Navigate to https://docs.google.com/ and click on the + (Blank) button to create a blank document or you can open any existing Google document where you want to insert a text box over a picture.
- Copy the image to which you want to add a text box over it. You can right-click on the image and select the copy option or you can use Ctrl + C keyboard shortcut to copy the image.
- Now, click on the Insert Menu –> Select Drawing option –> Click on the + New button.
4. On the Drawing window, right-click and select the paste option to paste the image that you have copied above or you can use the Ctrl + V keyboard shortcut to paste the image.
5. Now, click on the text box option and drag it and draw a text box over the image based on the size that you need.
6. To customize the Border color of the text box or the other properties like Border dash, Border weight, etc, select the below options. Finally, click on the Save and Close button to save the changes.
Insert a text box over an image in Google Docs – Video Tutorial
FAQs
Can you insert a text box in Google Docs
Yes, you can. Click on the Insert menu –> Drawings –> + New option –> Click the Text box option to draw the textbox —> Click on the Save and Close button.
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Wrapping Up
In this article, we have discussed 3 best ways to insert a text box in Google Docs and we saw it’s quite easy to edit a text box or shapes in Google Docs. Now, it’s your turn to make your Google Docs document look better by adding shapes or textboxes into your document and move the text boxes where ever you need for a better look. Hope you have enjoyed this article !!!
I am Rajkishore, and I have over 14 years of experience in the Software Industry. For a long time, I have been using Google Docs, Google Drive, and Google Sheets for my document usage, and I am sharing all the tips and tricks, the challenges I have come across, and their solutions to use Google Docs for your day-to-day use. I hope you will learn from these practical Google Docs tutorials. Read more.