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You can add text to an AutoShape if desired. This text is then displayed within the AutoShape – exactly as it would be in a text frame.

To do so, proceed as follows:

The cursor flashes in the AutoShape. Thus, you can now type text inside the AutoShape.

Tip: There is another faster way to add text to an AutoShape: Select the AutoShape and just start typing.

You can use the commands of the ribbon tab Home | group Character and group Paragraph to format the text according to your needs.

When you have finished adding text, click anywhere outside the object. If you want to edit the text again later, select the AutoShape again and choose the command Edit text from the context menu.

Important: If a red bar* is displayed at the bottom margin of a text frame, this indicates that the text does not fit completely into the frame. In this case, you must either enlarge the object or reduce the amount of text.

* The red bar appears only if the option Overflow mark is enabled on the "View" tab of the dialog box of the command File | Options. For Object properties on the "Format" tab, the defined limit specified by the options Fixed or Growing (Max value) for the Height must be reached.

Note: By the way, the text frames presented at the beginning of this chapter are nothing more than AutoShapes (simple rectangles in this case) to which text has been added. Thus, all information in Text frames applies equally to AutoShapes to which text has been added.