I also clicked on the options 'move with text' and 'fix position on page' so you could try those also. Sorry I can't fully explain but maybe if you change whatever text wrapping option you currently have, it'll work. A couple times when I chose the text wrapping options 'tight' or 'square' it had the same effect of not allowing me to edit the text.

This allows you to see your fields in your document at a glance. To display field shading all the time, even when the field is not selected or the cursor is not in the field, select Always from the Field shading drop-down list. I went back into layout to see if I could figure it out. To turn off field shading, select Never from the Field shading drop-down list. In the field of computer graphics, a shader is a computer program that is used to do shading: the production of appropriate levels of light, darkness. Unfortunately, I wasn't paying attention to what I changed it from, or to, as I was just clicking away and hoping for the best. Anyway, I basically went into the layout box and changed my text wrapping and all of a sudden I had access to all the text boxes in the document. Power-up Issue with Crown XTi 1002 - LCD screen flashes along with Db meters.

I encountered the same problem you described, which I never experienced with 2010.No matter how much I clicked on the text boxes in my document, I couldn't edit the text, or I'd only be able to do so after a really long period of clicking! Not efficient. Crown Promise Teacher of the word Worshipper Songwriter Performing.

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