Why can I not resize all of my text boxes in Word - The squares and circles are shaded, not white.

Also, if I click in the box, I do not get the little square that shows up that gives me the layout options. It is in the entire document... and I have a text box on every one of the 226 pages!!!

Even if I go to layout options at the top menu... I can use the height adjustment too... but dragging the the circles or squares is MUCH easier... especially with so many.

Thanks!!!

Bill