Go to Insert > Text Box, and then select one of the pre-formatted text boxes in the Built-in section from the list, or select More Text Boxes from Office.com, or select Draw Text Box.

To format text in the text box, select the text, and then use the formatting options in the Font group on the Home tab. To position the text box, click it, and then when the pointer becomes crossed arrows …

On the Insert tab, in the Text group, click Text Box, drag to draw a text box anywhere near the picture, and then type your text. To change the font or style of the text, highlight the text, right-click it, and …

Add, resize, move, and format text boxes the way you want, and copy or delete them.

After you've selected your text and found the basic type of border you'd like, open the Borders menu again, and choose Borders and Shading. Make your choices for style, color, and width, and then …

To create a form in Word that others can fill out, start with a template or document and add content controls. Content controls include things like check boxes, text boxes, and drop-down lists.

Select the text box or shape border. If you want to change multiple text boxes or shapes, click the first text box or shape, and then press and hold Ctrl while you click the other text boxes or shapes.

Depending on the version of Word or Outlook you're using, you can insert a variety of objects (such as PDF files, Excel charts or worksheets, or PowerPoint presentations) into a Word document or an …

While you can't add text to the shape, you can place it near the shape. Just add a text box, place it close to the shape, and then type your text in the text box.

On the Format tab, in the Insert Shapes group, click the Text Box icon . In the chart, click where you want to start a corner of the text box, and then drag until the text box is the size that you want.