Wrap text in one text box around another nested (overlapping) text

[Mica]

I'm creating a newsletter using linked text boxes. In newsletters, magazines,
etc., one sometimes sees a key phrase or sentence displayed in an
eye-catching floating "highlight" box around which the main article wraps. I
hope this makes sense. When I created my template with columns, I was able to
create the "highlight" box using a simple text box. However, I decided to go
with linked text boxes instead because my newsletter is too complicated for
columns. How do I get the text in my main article text box to wrap around the
overlapping "highlight" text box? The Advanced Layout properties have an
Allow Overlap checkbox, and I have this checked, but I can't imagine why
anyone would want to allow text boxes to overlap if there's no way to get the
text in them to wrap around other text boxes. I'm fairly savvy with Word and
how text wrapping works, so I'm quite stumped. I appreciate any help!

 

[Keith Howell]

Make your first text box not a text box but a single cell table. See
www.drawingwithword.com and follow Drawing with Word and pages 15 - 16.
(Solution provided by Mary Sauer)

 

[Mica]

Thanks, Keith. I tried your tip, and it works, albeit clunkily. Maybe I can
convince my company to let me get Microsoft Publisher or some other desktop
publishing program, if I'm going to be doing highlight boxes often. (Assuming
Publisher would allow me to wrap text as I originally described.)

Thanks again for the tip!
Lisa