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Text Boxes Have Been Acting Weird Recently
I have a user who has been using text boxes in Word for many years. Today she showed me that when she types in one text box, the text affects another text box. On top of that, sometimes when she ty...
There is an ongoing display issue with text boxes. It is being investigated by Microsoft, but it is not yet known when we can expect a fix.
There are some workarounds available: Toggling nonprinting characters (click the ΒΆ icon on the Home tab) or resizing the text box will fix the issue, at least temporarily. A more permanent workaround is to save the document in the older *.doc format.