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Changing the direction of text can be useful if you want to create sidebars within an article, separate the bottom tabs of a “commercial” flyer, or make table column headings easy to read. than. Here’s how to reorient text in both old and new versions of Microsoft Word.
Steps
Write letters vertically
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Do it this way to rotate the text horizontally. This method produces text that looks like each letter of a word will be below the previous letter, looking like a tall, narrow directional pad. If you want to rotate the letters so that the reader has to tilt their head to read the text, skip this step and see other instructions.
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Insert a text box. A text box makes it easier to adjust the position and orientation of the text. Add a text box by following these steps:
- For Word 2007 or later: On the menu bar above the document, click the Insert tab, select Text Box , then click Draw Text Box . Click and drag within the document. [1] X Research Source
- For Word 2011 for Mac or later : Select Home on the menu bar, then click Text Box on the right. Click and drag within the document.
- For Word 2003 / Word for Mac OS 2008 or earlier : Choose Insert → Text Box from the top menu. Click and drag within the document. [2] X Research Source
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Type your content. Click the text box that you want to align. If you already typed content in the document, copy and paste it into the text box.
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Click the text box. A rectangular border will appear around the text. Each corner of the box has a circle. These circles are “handles” that you can grasp and drag to change the size of the frame.
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Drag the text box corner. Click and hold the mouse in any corner of the frame, then move the mouse pointer. Drag the corner to make the text box a narrow and tall shape. After the frame has become too narrow to fit the letters side by side, they will change themselves so that one overlaps the other.
- If you are rotating or moving the mouse and the shape of the frame does not change, you may not have clicked in the correct position. Try again and make sure you clicked the right corner of the box.
Rotate a text box (Word 2007 and later)
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Check your Word version. This method applies to Word 2007 or later on Windows computers, and Word 2011 or later on Mac computers. If you’re not sure about your version, you can do a simple check: if there’s a “menu bar” of icons above the open document, follow these instructions. If you don’t see the menu bar, skip this step and see the next step.
- If you only see a line of tabs labeled like “Home,” “Layout,” and so on, click one of these tabs to expand the menu bar.
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Insert text box. Click the Text Box button in the menu bar. This button is located under the Insert or Home tab, depending on your version of Word.
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Enter text in the text box. Click in the text box and type what you want to rotate. Note: clicking on the text box will cause the border to appear.
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Click the circle above the text box. Look at the extended line of the text box, which is above the border and ends at the circle. Click on this circle and hold the mouse.
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Drag to rotate the frame. Move the cursor while holding the mouse over the circle to rotate the text box.
- After rotation, when you click on the frame to edit the content, the dialog can pop back to the normal orientation. This is to make it easier for you to read what you’re typing. The text will return to the set position after you click outside the frame.
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Press Shift to rotate straight. Hold Shift while rotating to limit the available positions. This makes it easier to rotate to 45º or 30º angles, and supports the creation of parallel text boxes.
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Use the task panel instead. If you’re having trouble getting the text box you want, use the command palette instead: [3] X Research Source
- Double-click the text box to open the Format menu panel, or select the Format tab.
- Click the Text Direction button in the menu panel. In some versions, this is a small button, without a label and with a vertical text image.
- Select one of the actions from the drop-down menu.
Rotate text (Word 2003 and earlier)
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Check your version. This method applies to Word 2003 for Windows, Word 2008 for Mac, and all earlier versions.
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Insert text box. Click the Insert tab in the toolbar and select Text Box from the drop-down menu. Click the box and type the text.
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Move and resize the text box if necessary. Click the line outside the text box and drag the mouse to move the frame; Click the blue circles attached to the box to resize the frame.
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Click inside the text box. You will format the content within the frame separately from the rest of the document.
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Click Format in the toolbar and choose Text Direction from the drop-down menu. A dialog box will pop up and give you the option to orient the text.
- Previous versions had non-uniform text rotation features. [4] X Research Source If this doesn’t work or you don’t see the option, skip it and go to the next step.
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Insert WordArt (Text Art) instead. Click Insert → Picture → WordArt at the top of the menu. [5] X Research Source Type text and choose an art style.
- You won’t be able to edit the content because the text will turn into an image.
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Rotate the WordArt object. Click on the image you just created, a border will appear. Find a small line that leads to a circle at the top of the upper border edge. Click the circle and drag to rotate the object.
- Hold Shift while rotating to limit the available angles.
Advice
- To rotate text in a table, drag the mouse to select a group of lines. Right click in the selection and click Text Direction. On Word 2003 or earlier, choose Format→Text Direction from the menu instead.
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