How to Insert Text Box in Google Docs

If you are searching for ‘How to Insert Text Box in Google Docs’ then, you are in the right place. In this article, you will learn how to insert text box in google docs step by step. Because this is not just an article, this is the complete guide. In this guide, you will get well-explained instructions to insert and edit the text box in google docs.

In Google docs, it is easy to add the text box. But it is also important to edit the text box to make it more creative. So we will show you, how can you edit the text box and the text of the text box in the google docs. If you want to gain the complete knowledge of text box in google docs then read the complete article carefully.

How to Insert Text Box In Google Docs

In the google docs, we are going to use the drawing tool to insert the text box in google docs. The drawing tool has amazing features to insert the text box and edit the text box. So let’s see How to Insert the text box in google docs using a drawing tool.

1. First of all, You have to open the google docs on your PC. Click on Google Docs to open it in the next tab.
2. Click on the document in which you want to insert a text box.
3. Now you have you to put your cursor in the document, where you want to insert the text box in google docs.
4. After that, you have to click on the Insert tab in the Menu bar.   
5. In the drop-down menu, click on the option of drawing.     
6. When you will click on the drawing option then, you will get two options in which you have to click on the New to make a new text box.
7. One dialogue box will open of drawing. In this dialogue box, you have to click on the icon of the text box to insert the text box. 
8. Now you have to click and drag in the drawing space to make the text box in the drawing tool. You can make the text box as big as you want.
9. Once you will make the text box in the drawing tool then, you have to click in the text box to write the text in the text box.   
10. When you will complete the text box with your text. After that, you can click on Save and close to insert the text box in the google doc. 
11. If you want to learn how to edit the text box in the drawing tool then, you can read the below methods.

So these are the complete steps that you have to follow to insert the text box in google docs. Now must read the below methods to edit and format the text box in google docs.

How to Edit and Format Text Box in

The upper way has the instructions to insert the text box in the google docs. But if you want to make the wonderful text box then, you must have to edit the text box in the google docs. So if you want to edit the text box then, read and learn the below steps.

We have distributed this process into two parts. The part is to show that, which tools are available in the google docs drawing tool to edit your text box. In the second part, you will learn how to edit the text of the text box in the google docs drawing tool. So let’s start learning.

Tools to Edit the Text Box in Google Docs

• Fill Color: You can fill the color in the background of your text box by using this tool.   
• Border Color: You can add the border with the border-color using this tool. You have to just click on this tool to add the border with the border-color.     
• Border Weight: The border weight is a tool by which you can increase or decrease the size of the border of the text box.     
• Border Dash: If you want to change the type of border of the text box then, you can use this tool. This tool provides you 6 different borders to insert in the text box.   

Tools to Edit the Text of Text Box in Google Docs

• Font: In you want to change the font of your text in the google docs then you can use this tool. There are so many amazing fonts are available in the font feature. You can also add the new font using the Add font option. 
• Click on 3 dots to use more editing tools of text. When you will click on it then, you will get all the important options and tools by which you can edit your text.   
• Font Size: You can increase or decrease the size of your text using this tool.   
• Bold: You can click on the bold option to bold your text.   
• Italic: This option is to change to your text in the italic style.   
• Underline: The underline option is used to underline the text. You can click on it to underline your text. 
• Text Color: You can click on it and use this feature to color your text.   
• Highlight Color: Highlight color is used to highlight the text which you want to highlight.   
• Align: You can use this feature to fix the alignment of your text. You will get the seven different options to align your text as you want. 
• Line Spacing: The line spacing feature is used to adjust the space between the lines of text. You can click on it to adjust the line spacing of your text which is available in the text box. 
• Numbered List: If you want to insert the text box in which you have points that you want to highlight in your google doc then you can use this option. This numbered list has different types of lists to make the numbered points in your text box. 
• Bulleted list: This feature is to insert the bullet points in your text box. If you want to insert the text box in which you want to highlight some points then you can use this feature to insert the bullet points.
• Decrease Indent: If you have indented the text of your text box then you can use this feature to decrease the indent of your text box. 
• Increase Indent: You can indent your lines in the text box using this feature. This feature is used to indent your lines of a text box.   
• Clear Formatting: If you have pasted the text in the text box and to clear the formatting of the text. Then you can click on it after selecting the text. This feature clears the complete formatting of your text.   

So all these tools are available in the drawing tool of google docs to edit and format the text and box.

An alternative to Insert Text Box in Google Docs ( Shortest Way)

If you want to Insert the Text Box in Google Docs and don’t want to follow this long then this method is for you. This is the simple alternative way of the upper way. In this way, we are going to use the insert table option to insert the text box in the google doc. If you want to insert the text box without any extra formatting then you can use this way to insert the text box. So let’s start and learn How to Insert Text Box in google docs using table tools.

1. Firstly, you have to open the google docs on your PC.
2. Now you have to click on the document in which you want to insert the text box in google docs.
3. In the google doc, you have to click on the Insert tab in the menu bar. 
4. When you click on the Insert tab then a drop-down menu will open. In this drop-down menu, you have to click on the option of the table.   
5. After that, you have to click on 1 box in the table option.   
6. Once the one-line table will be inserted in your document then you can type your text in the box.

So these are the complete steps that you have to follow to insert the text box in google docs in the shortest way.

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How to Insert Text Box in Google Docs App on Smartphone

You can also insert the text box in the google docs app on smartphones. But we can’t use the drawing tool in the mobile app. So we use the alternative way to insert the text box in google docs. By the way, this alternative is the best way, If we just want to insert the simple text box in the document. So let’s see How to Insert Text Box in Google Docs app on smartphones.

1. First of all, you must have google docs app on your smartphones or iPhones.
2. Open the Google Docs app on your Mobile.
3. In the google docs app, you have to open the document in which you want to insert the text in google docs.
4. After that, you have to click on the pencil icon to edit the google docs. 
5. Now you have to click on the plus (+) icon which is available in the overflow menu of the google docs app. 
6. One popup menu will open from the bottom of your screen. In this menu, you have to click on the options of Table. 
7. After that, you can see the numbers of columns and rows are 3. You have to decrease this number to 1 of both rows and columns. You can click on the down arrows which are available on the left side to decrease the rows and columns.     
8. When both numbers are 1 then you have to simply click on Insert table to insert the text box in the document. 
9. Once the box will appear in your google doc then, you have to just type the text in this box. 

So these are the complete instructions that you have to follow to insert the text box in the google docs app.

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Important information

Now we have completed the guide in which we have learned How to Insert Text Box in Google Docs in two different ways. If you have read the complete article then you can insert the text box as you want to insert in google docs. Google Docs is the best word processor in comparison to all the word processors. Google Docs gives you so many advanced features and tools to make the text box in the document.

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