There is a workaround - of sorts - at http://www.gmayor.com/rotate_text.htm

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Jezebel wrote:
Aren't you talking about showing the text upside down i.e the mirror
image? I was talking about the text shown in a vertical line with
the first character either as the first or the last character in the
pile.

Perhaps you should read the subject line more closely. As Garfield
says, Word can do 90 degrees left or right. It can't do upside down
or mirror, and -- relevant to the OP -- it can't do diagonal (ie 45
degrees).