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For some reason, whenever I create a Text Box and start typing, the background text is highlighted white and I can't make it transparent. This picture should explain everything:

I want to remove the highlighting so the gradient in the background shows through. I used to do things like this a lot, but for some reason Word won't let me now. Any suggestions?

I am on Word 2011 Mac

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Right-click the text box that you want to make invisible.

1 If you want to change multiple text boxes, click the first text box or shape, and then press and hold SHIFT while you click the other text boxes.

2 On the shortcut menu, click Format Text Box.

3 On the Colors and Lines tab, in the Fill section, click the arrow next to Color, and then click No Color.

4 On the Colors and Lines tab, in the Line section, click the arrow next to Color, and then click No Color.

5 Click OK. Your textbox's background is now invisible... happy New Year's Eve!

It seems the actual text highlight is your problem, so try:

Go into borders and shading, apply it to text, and set it to clear. Had me confused because I've never had to do this before. Thanks for the response anyway! – applemavs 5 hours ago

As seen here, in a small google search... next time, you do the same!

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I also searched around and had trouble finding this.

In Word for Mac 2011

Mac Pages Highlight Text

Highlight the text
Click tables in the ribbon
Find the shading icon (looks like a paint bucket)
Click the down arrow next to the bucket and select No Fill

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Got some clues here and finally found a solution for MSWord for Mac version 16.9:

Select the text you want to fix
Select 'Design' Tab
Click 'Page Borders'
Click the 'Shading' Tab
Select Apply to 'Text'
[Fill] is showing 'No Color'. Open the selection and re-select 'No Color'
Hit 'OK'

Worked for me. It is obviously a bug in Word.

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Change the text format from anything apart from Normal text.(important)

Solution 1

Select the Text box and go to the 'format' tab,
modify the outline and fill options

if this isn't enough

Solution 2

select the Text box and right click for options
select the last option 'format shape'

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