Switch over to the “Insert” tab on Word’s Ribbon, and then click the “Text Box” button. Microsoft Office Mac Microsoft Word Text Box Format Text boxes let you put independent blocks of text anywhere on the page without having to bother with margins, indents, columns, or tables first. Lists are numbered or bulleted lists that Word formats automatically. Columns let you display your text in multiple newspaper-like columns, instead of a single 6-inch wide block. In Word 2008 for Mac, you can format text in your documents in columns, lists, and text boxes.
