Anchors in MS Word 2008

Hi all,
I hope this is ok to post here. I am working in MS Word 2008 and the text box anchors only appear when I am actively moving a text box. As soon as I release the mouse button, the anchor disappears. Any suggestions? I need to get this to work!
Thanks!

Thanks for the suggestion. I actually did that this morning, but no response yet. Unfortunately, I have a deadline looming, so I was trying to hedge my bets by posting here too. I have tried lots of things, but so far no luck. I think there is a glitch somewhere; it's a matter of finding it.
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