How to Create a Text Box in Excel

1. Open Microsoft Excel 2007 and or start a new blank workbook or open an existing workbook that you want to create a text box in.
2. Select the 'Insert' tab from the top of the Excel 2007 screen to display the Insert ribbon. This ribbon includes all of the objects you can insert into an Excel workbook.
3. Locate the 'Text' section of the Insert ribbon. It is the section at the end or the right of the Insert ribbon.
4. Choose the 'Text Box' button from the Text section of the Insert ribbon. The button will be highlighted once it's clicked.
5. Click in the area in the worksheet where you want to begin drawing the text box. Hold down your left mouse button and drag outwards from that point to create the text box.
6. Release the mouse button once you are happy with the size and shape of the text box. The text box looks like white empty space with a border and sizing handles surrounding it.
7. Click inside the text box to insert the cursor, then type text or add objects inside it.