Re: How do I rotate a textbox?

[Beth Melton]

Yes, unfortunately it is too much to ask. :-(

You can rotate an AutoShape but if it contains text the text will not
be rotated. It works in PowerPoint but not Word.

A workaround for this issue in Word is to use WordArt.

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"paschke" <pas...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4C3EA636-B49F-4B7E...@microsoft.com...
>I am a math teacher using Office 2003, specifically Word 2003, and
>often need
> to rotate text to match the angle of a digram. I currently have to
> open
> another program that will allow me to free-rotate a textbox, then
> copy and
> paste it into my Word document. I (and probably thousands of other
> teachers
> who use word to make tests and worksheets) would appreciate an
> answer to this
> question. I submitted a request to Microsoft several tears ago to
> allow
> textboxes to be freely rotated but have not seen this option added
> to word.
> There were word processing programs in the 80's that allowed free
> rotation of
> textboxes...is it too much to ask now?

[Graham Mayor]

Provided you don't want to edit the text later, you can do this in Word
fairly simply - see http://www.gmayor.com/rotate_text.htm

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[Anup]

Hi Paschke
Yes word art is the answer or use Microsoft Visio and then if required save
in a Word Format.
Anup Gomes