[Hopeless]

Good afternoon. I have text in a text box that I'd like to read from
bottom-to-top rather than left-to-right. I can rotate the text box, but the
text itself isn't rotating.

[Jay Freedman]

Click the Text Direction button (in Word 2003 or earlier it's on the Text
Box toolbar; in Word 2007/2010 it's on the Text Box Tools ribbon). The first
click changes the direction to top-to-bottom and the second click changes it
to bottom-to-top. A third click will return it to left-to-right.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
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Hopeless wrote:
Good afternoon. I have text in a text box that I'd like to read from
bottom-to-top rather than left-to-right. I can rotate the text box,
but the text itself isn't rotating.

[JERRY]

Try doing it in a table instead of a text box. It's easy to rotate the text
in a table.

If you're using Word 2007, the Text Direction icon is on the Table Tools -
Layout ribbon. In 2003 and earlier, it's under Table - Properties.

If this helps, please click the Yes button.

"Hopeless" wrote:

Good afternoon. I have text in a text box that I'd like to read from
bottom-to-top rather than left-to-right. I can rotate the text box, but the
text itself isn't rotating.

[Jay Freedman]

Click the Text Direction button (in Word 2003 or earlier it's on the Text
Box toolbar; in Word 2007/2010 it's on the Text Box Tools ribbon). The first
click changes the direction to top-to-bottom and the second click changes it
to bottom-to-top. A third click will return it to left-to-right.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

Hopeless wrote:
Good afternoon. I have text in a text box that I'd like to read from
bottom-to-top rather than left-to-right. I can rotate the text box,
but the text itself isn't rotating.

[JERRY]

Try doing it in a table instead of a text box. It's easy to rotate the text
in a table.

If you're using Word 2007, the Text Direction icon is on the Table Tools -
Layout ribbon. In 2003 and earlier, it's under Table - Properties.

If this helps, please click the Yes button.

"Hopeless" wrote:

Good afternoon. I have text in a text box that I'd like to read from
bottom-to-top rather than left-to-right. I can rotate the text box, but the
text itself isn't rotating.