Go to Insert > Text Box, and then select one of the pre-formatted text boxes in the Built-in section from the list, or select More Text Boxes from Office.com, or select Draw Text Box.

How to add, copy, or delete text boxes in documents,spreadsheets, or presentations.

Add, resize, move, and format text boxes the way you want, and copy or delete them.

After you insert a text box on a form template, you can customize it by accessing and changing its properties and settings in the Text Box Properties dialog box. To open the dialog box, on the form …

Right-click the text box that you want to make invisible. If you want to change multiple text boxes, click the first text box or shape, and then press and hold SHIFT while you click the other text boxes.

You can use either a text box or WordArt to add text on top of a photo in Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, or Excel.

Select the text box or shape border. If you want to change multiple text boxes or shapes, click the first text box or shape, and then press and hold Ctrl while you click the other text boxes or shapes.

Format text in shapes or text boxes to set direction and postion, like rotating or mirroring.

To move multiple text boxes or shapes, press and hold Ctrl while you click the borders. When the cursor changes to the four headed arrow, drag it to the new location.

Word for the web displays documents that contain rotated text boxes, but inserting or rotating a text box isn't currently possible in Word for the web. You can, however, insert or rotate a text box in the Word …