1. Make sure that the insertion point isn't inside the textbox... you should have it selected, not be inside it, so click on the border to select. Since it works consistently on my Office 7 machine, I think this is the issue you are having.



2. For textboxes that you made using the Shapes button, add them to the QuickParts gallery instead of the textbox gallery. For ones I create using "draw textbox", I can add to the Textbox gallery without problem.

Thank you. Yes, I was selecting the border and it wasn't consistently working. I have Office 2007.

In any case, your suggestion to save it to the Quick Parts Gallery does work. While I don't understand why a Text Box that I create can't be saved to the Text Box Gallery, at least I have a solution using the Quick Parts Gallery.

Thanks again for your help.