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Unable to rotate labels or business cards to make what I want
I am trying to make an insert that is a little larger than a business card
but the text and graphics will go the other way. Size Hieght=3 1/2 in. width=2 1/2 in. the text and graphics will run the length of the width [2 1/2 inches] and not like a business card. These are going to be inserts into small packages. How do I re-size the labels or business cards templets to do this? and which templets would be better to use the labels or business cards? any othe suggestions would be appreciated a lot as my signature says I am clueless when it comes to MSWord. OH BTW I have MSWord2003 Thank You Very Much For The Help |
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Start with the business card label definition and change the measurements as
needed to define a custom label. You will need to start with a landscape layout and mentally rotate the dimensions. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "clueless" wrote in message ... I am trying to make an insert that is a little larger than a business card but the text and graphics will go the other way. Size Hieght=3 1/2 in. width=2 1/2 in. the text and graphics will run the length of the width [2 1/2 inches] and not like a business card. These are going to be inserts into small packages. How do I re-size the labels or business cards templets to do this? and which templets would be better to use the labels or business cards? any othe suggestions would be appreciated a lot as my signature says I am clueless when it comes to MSWord. OH BTW I have MSWord2003 Thank You Very Much For The Help |
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On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 16:15:02 -0700, "clueless"
wrote: I am trying to make an insert that is a little larger than a business card but the text and graphics will go the other way. Size Hieght=3 1/2 in. width=2 1/2 in. the text and graphics will run the length of the width [2 1/2 inches] and not like a business card. These are going to be inserts into small packages. How do I re-size the labels or business cards templets to do this? and which templets would be better to use the labels or business cards? any othe suggestions would be appreciated a lot as my signature says I am clueless when it comes to MSWord. OH BTW I have MSWord2003 Thank You Very Much For The Help There's a trick to this... Word does labels and business cards by creating a table, with each cell sized to fit one card. As I'm sure you found out, if you try to change the page orientation, the table layout gets messed up and doesn't match the card stock. Table cells don't have a setting to change the text direction by 90 degrees, but a text box does. So the trick is to draw a text box that just fits inside a table cell, and rotate the text inside the text box by clicking the Change Text Direction button on the Text Box toolbar. After you set up the first card, copy the text box and paste it into the other cells of the table. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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Hi Jay,
With Word 2003, which the OP is using, you can rotate the direction of text in a table cell by plus/minus 90 deg. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 16:15:02 -0700, "clueless" wrote: I am trying to make an insert that is a little larger than a business card but the text and graphics will go the other way. Size Hieght=3 1/2 in. width=2 1/2 in. the text and graphics will run the length of the width [2 1/2 inches] and not like a business card. These are going to be inserts into small packages. How do I re-size the labels or business cards templets to do this? and which templets would be better to use the labels or business cards? any othe suggestions would be appreciated a lot as my signature says I am clueless when it comes to MSWord. OH BTW I have MSWord2003 Thank You Very Much For The Help There's a trick to this... Word does labels and business cards by creating a table, with each cell sized to fit one card. As I'm sure you found out, if you try to change the page orientation, the table layout gets messed up and doesn't match the card stock. Table cells don't have a setting to change the text direction by 90 degrees, but a text box does. So the trick is to draw a text box that just fits inside a table cell, and rotate the text inside the text box by clicking the Change Text Direction button on the Text Box toolbar. After you set up the first card, copy the text box and paste it into the other cells of the table. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 23:21:14 +0200, "Doug Robbins"
wrote: Hi Jay, With Word 2003, which the OP is using, you can rotate the direction of text in a table cell by plus/minus 90 deg. I think I'd better get my glasses adjusted. I was sure that was available, but I didn't see it when I went to look for it. It's there, of course... -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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This ability dates back to Word 97 IIRC.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Doug Robbins" wrote in message ... Hi Jay, With Word 2003, which the OP is using, you can rotate the direction of text in a table cell by plus/minus 90 deg. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 16:15:02 -0700, "clueless" wrote: I am trying to make an insert that is a little larger than a business card but the text and graphics will go the other way. Size Hieght=3 1/2 in. width=2 1/2 in. the text and graphics will run the length of the width [2 1/2 inches] and not like a business card. These are going to be inserts into small packages. How do I re-size the labels or business cards templets to do this? and which templets would be better to use the labels or business cards? any othe suggestions would be appreciated a lot as my signature says I am clueless when it comes to MSWord. OH BTW I have MSWord2003 Thank You Very Much For The Help There's a trick to this... Word does labels and business cards by creating a table, with each cell sized to fit one card. As I'm sure you found out, if you try to change the page orientation, the table layout gets messed up and doesn't match the card stock. Table cells don't have a setting to change the text direction by 90 degrees, but a text box does. So the trick is to draw a text box that just fits inside a table cell, and rotate the text inside the text box by clicking the Change Text Direction button on the Text Box toolbar. After you set up the first card, copy the text box and paste it into the other cells of the table. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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The problem is probably that "Text Direction" (like Vertical Alignment) is
not available on all the table shortcut menus (though you can always use the entry on the Format menu). I use the vertical alignment command so often that I went ahead and added it to most of the table shortcut menus. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 23:21:14 +0200, "Doug Robbins" wrote: Hi Jay, With Word 2003, which the OP is using, you can rotate the direction of text in a table cell by plus/minus 90 deg. I think I'd better get my glasses adjusted. I was sure that was available, but I didn't see it when I went to look for it. It's there, of course... -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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