Alternatively, click Draw Text Box to manually draw a rectangle anywhere in the document. Once you've created your text box, just click on its inside to start writing in it.

To check or uncheck a check box, simply click it with your mouse. Add check boxes to Word Documents on Mac As with Windows, you’ll need to display the Developer tab to add check boxes.

Ticking checkboxes is one of many great features built into Microsoft Word. Here’s how to insert checkboxes in the program, and how to interact with them.

Text boxes in Microsoft Word are graphic elements that contain editable text. You add these objects to documents for extra visual appeal or to call out sections of text within the document.