Expanding text box in mail stationary

I am trying to put together a photo newsletter in Mail using the Tack Board template in the stationary. I thought that I would be able to expand the area where the text goes to add more text, but it won't let me type past where the blue box ends. Is this really preset or is there a way to lengthen the box and have more text?
I was assuming this as the little icon at the top when you are choosing stationary looks like its text box is bigger then the one when you open it.

hlhaley wrote:
I am trying to put together a photo newsletter in Mail using the Tack Board template in the stationary.
Just be aware that e-mail is a very poor transport mechanism for such things. If any of your recipients don't have Apple Mail, they may not see the message the same way you do.
I thought that I would be able to expand the area where the text goes to add more text, but it won't let me type past where the blue box ends. Is this really preset or is there a way to lengthen the box and have more text?
There is no way to change the template. Those templates are hard-coded with heavy doses of black magic.
I was assuming this as the little icon at the top when you are choosing stationary looks like its text box is bigger then the one when you open it.
Those are just static icons.

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