What do you do if your text boxes look drab? If someone's doing a presentation on something important like preserving the rainforest, they want it to catch the eye.

I would suggest color... You can make your text box any color on a Toucan's beak, and then some.

Adding color to a text box 1. Click the text box to select it. 2. On the drawing toolbar, click the arrow beside the Fill Color button, then click the green color box. The text box will turn green.

What if you want to further offset your text box? Can you give it an outline?

You sure can. And you don't even need a ruler...

Outlining a text box As you have seen, the thick gray border that appears around a text box is temporary and disappears when the text is deselected. If you want a permanent outline around your text box, create one using the drawing toolbar. Try adding a blue dotted outline to a text box. 1. Click the text box to select it. A border will appear around the text box. 2. On the drawing toolbar, click the arrow beside the Line Color button, then click the blue color box. 3. Next, click the Line Style button, and then click 3 pt. 4. Finally, click the Dash Style button, and then click the square dot dash option. A dash style box will appear. 5. Click outside the text box to deselect it.