Judy Port wants to change the text color in desktop icon captions. Microsoft doesn’t provide that option, but there’s a trick to turning the default white text to black. You can also turn off ...

Navigate to the page you want to add text to, and then select the Text icon (it looks like a "T" inside of a rectangle). A text box will then appear on the page.

You can insert a text box or custom shape in Google Docs to help information stand out. A text box or shape can be drawn into Google Docs from the Insert menu.