I'm using Excel 2003, and have created a drawing with text boxes. I want only
the text to appear, not the outline of the boxes. How do I eliminate the
outline? I've gone to "Data" and clicked on "Group and Outline", but the
option to "Clear Outline" is shaded and not available. Help, please and
thanks.

I don't think you have text boxes. Textboxes don't havve an option for the
outline. I think you added an autoshape for a rectangle that has the outline.

"tomsrancho" wrote:

I'm using Excel 2003, and have created a drawing with text boxes. I want only
the text to appear, not the outline of the boxes. How do I eliminate the
outline? I've gone to "Data" and clicked on "Group and Outline", but the
option to "Clear Outline" is shaded and not available. Help, please and
thanks.

"Joel" wrote:

I don't think you have text boxes. Textboxes don't havve an option for the
outline. I think you added an autoshape for a rectangle that has the outline.

"tomsrancho" wrote:

I'm using Excel 2003, and have created a drawing with text boxes. I want only
the text to appear, not the outline of the boxes. How do I eliminate the
outline? I've gone to "Data" and clicked on "Group and Outline", but the
option to "Clear Outline" is shaded and not available. Help, please and
thanks.
Thanks, Joel. When I hover over the icon at the bottom of the screen, I see
"Text Box", it's immediately left of the "Insert WordArt" icon. I'm quite
sure it's a text box...am I stuck with the outline?

Try adding a new text box and see if the new box has an outline. If it
doesn't then you didn't put a text box on the worksheet. I havve from left
to right rectangle , oval, text box, word art.

"tomsrancho" wrote:



"Joel" wrote:

I don't think you have text boxes. Textboxes don't havve an option for the
outline. I think you added an autoshape for a rectangle that has the outline.

"tomsrancho" wrote:

I'm using Excel 2003, and have created a drawing with text boxes. I want only
the text to appear, not the outline of the boxes. How do I eliminate the
outline? I've gone to "Data" and clicked on "Group and Outline", but the
option to "Clear Outline" is shaded and not available. Help, please and
thanks.
Thanks, Joel. When I hover over the icon at the bottom of the screen, I see
"Text Box", it's immediately left of the "Insert WordArt" icon. I'm quite
sure it's a text box...am I stuck with the outline?

Click the text box, move the cursor to the edge so you get a "4 arrow"
move cursor, R-click and pick "Format text box", then Colors and Lines tab.

tomsrancho wrote:

I'm using Excel 2003, and have created a drawing with text boxes. I want only
the text to appear, not the outline of the boxes. How do I eliminate the
outline? I've gone to "Data" and clicked on "Group and Outline", but the
option to "Clear Outline" is shaded and not available. Help, please and
thanks.

"Bob I" wrote:

Click the text box, move the cursor to the edge so you get a "4 arrow"
move cursor, R-click and pick "Format text box", then Colors and Lines tab.

tomsrancho wrote:

I'm using Excel 2003, and have created a drawing with text boxes. I want only
the text to appear, not the outline of the boxes. How do I eliminate the
outline? I've gone to "Data" and clicked on "Group and Outline", but the
option to "Clear Outline" is shaded and not available. Help, please and
thanks.

Thank You! That worked.

tomsrancho wrote:


"Bob I" wrote:


Click the text box, move the cursor to the edge so you get a "4 arrow"
move cursor, R-click and pick "Format text box", then Colors and Lines tab.

tomsrancho wrote:


I'm using Excel 2003, and have created a drawing with text boxes. I want only
the text to appear, not the outline of the boxes. How do I eliminate the
outline? I've gone to "Data" and clicked on "Group and Outline", but the
option to "Clear Outline" is shaded and not available. Help, please and
thanks.

Thank You! That worked.


You're most welcome!