I've just tried this in Microsoft Word 2002 and seemed to have no problems.
I did it two ways.
1] Create a control Text box using the Drawing toolbar, (and fill colored it to see if it appeared from underneath another text box). Then selected Text box again, and dragged a text box window over the first one, exactly the same size. Color filled it a different color, and it stayed on top, and the first one did not show through, or around the edges.
2] Deleted the second text box, clicked the Text box tool and opened a new text box elsewhere on the page. Color filled it, and then "dragged" it over the top of the first one. Place the mouse cursor over any edge of the box and drag it. It worked for me.
But cutting and pasting over the top of the original text box didn't work for me. I think because by pasting over the original text box, Word thinks you are trying to insert a text box "inside" the first.
I hope this helps.
Mark
I am using Microsoft Office 2003, and the following problem arises when using Microsoft Word:
I want to paste one text box (set as "on top of text")over the other, on the same page, without having to manually reposition it after pasting.
However, I notice that whenever I copy a text box, and paste it again at the same page, the location where it is pasted is slightly shifted down and to the right in relation to the original text box.
Is it possible to paste the new text box exactly *on top* of the old one, without having to create a macro that matches the positioning of the pasted text box to the original one?
In advance, thank you for your help.

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