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Subject:Re: Callouts in Word From:Bob_Maxey -at- mtn -dot- 3com -dot- com To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Date:Tue, 21 Sep 1999 12:26:04 -0600
>>Has anyone figured out a good way to use callouts in Word 97? If use the
>>Drawing/autoshapes/callouts command, they block out the graphic and do
all
>>kinds of strange stuff. So I thought, "Fine. I'll do a text box and add a
>>line and group it all." That's just as ineffective.
Right click on the callout to set the properties. Select No Wrap under
Wrapping and No Fill under Fills and Lines.