relocating text boxs in a template?

[Tommy 200]

I want to reposition a text box in a template so that the date is written
above the line instead on the line.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Click on the text box and drag it to the desired position.

 

[Bill Foley]

Sounds like you want to use tables with bottom borders for your form. Check
out the following (including the tutorials by Dian Chapman):

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/LinesInForms.htm