How can I invert a line of text when I create a card in Word? in Word Drawing and Graphics    |   |  Help   Search For:     In:   Office   Word     Word General Questions     Word New Users     Word Application Errors     Word Drawing and Graphics     Word Mailmerge and Fax     Word Page Layout     Word Programming     Word Tables              ClipArt & Media 1/7/2005 6:28 PM PST   Question   I want to invert a line of text on the back of a card that I have created. I put the text in a text box and tried to change its orientation (upside down). The text box moved, the text in it didn't. What am I doing wrong?     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Suzanne S. Barnhill 1/7/2005 8:09 PM PST   Answer   See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/DrwGrphcs/UpsideDownText.htm -- 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. "ClipArt & Media" <ClipArtMedia@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:F20CBC78-2D90-4155-AC11-745CA0A341F4@microsoft.com... > I want to invert a line of text on the back of a card that I have created. I > put the text in a text box and tried to change its orientation (upside down). > The text box moved, the text in it didn't. What am I doing wrong?     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           rmdreynolds 5/21/2008 8:16 PM PST   "ClipArt & Media" wrote: > I want to invert a line of text on the back of a card that I have created. I > put the text in a text box and tried to change its orientation (upside down). > The text box moved, the text in it didn't. What am I doing wrong?     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Mary Sauer 5/22/2008 2:47 AM PST   http://www.gmayor.com/rotate_text.htm -- Mary Sauer MSFT MVP http://office.microsoft.com/ http://msauer.mvps.org/ news://msnews.microsoft.com "rmdreynolds" <rmdreynolds@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:F4954AB5-B647-454B-BA6C-BE2DB8BBA642@microsoft.com... > > > "ClipArt & Media" wrote: > >> I want to invert a line of text on the back of a card that I have created. I >> put the text in a text box and tried to change its orientation (upside down). >> The text box moved, the text in it didn't. What am I doing wrong?     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Michaela 6/16/2009 11:59 AM PST   -- Mickey "ClipArt & Media" wrote: > I want to invert a line of text on the back of a card that I have created. I > put the text in a text box and tried to change its orientation (upside down). > The text box moved, the text in it didn't. What am I doing wrong?     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Michaela 6/16/2009 11:59 AM PST   -- Mickey "ClipArt & Media" wrote: > I want to invert a line of text on the back of a card that I have created. I > put the text in a text box and tried to change its orientation (upside down). > The text box moved, the text in it didn't. What am I doing wrong?     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           CyberTaz 6/17/2009 3:59 AM PST   You're doing nothing wrong. Normal text in Word cannot be rotated -- even if contained in a shape. Rotating text isn't word processing functionality, it's graphic design/page layout :-) You can use WordArt to create a graphic object which can be rotated, or you might consider doing such projects with programs such as MS Publisher which are designed for that purpose. Regards |:>) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 6/16/09 3:00 PM, in article D58EB51D-A253-4EB8-AE52-05590B38E6BA@microsoft.com, "Michaela" <granyausom@aol.com> wrote:     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Suzanne S. Barnhill 6/17/2009 5:15 AM PST   Or see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/DrwGrphcs/UpsideDownText.htm and http://www.gmayor.com/rotate_text.htm for other options. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "CyberTaz" <onlygeneraltaz1@com.cast.net> wrote in message news:C65E4424.4EC06%onlygeneraltaz1@com.cast.net... > You're doing nothing wrong. Normal text in Word cannot be rotated -- even > if > contained in a shape. Rotating text isn't word processing functionality, > it's graphic design/page layout :-) You can use WordArt to create a > graphic > object which can be rotated, or you might consider doing such projects > with > programs such as MS Publisher which are designed for that purpose. > > Regards |:>) > Bob Jones > [MVP] Office:Mac > > > > On 6/16/09 3:00 PM, in article > D58EB51D-A253-4EB8-AE52-05590B38E6BA@microsoft.com, "Michaela" > <granyausom@aol.com> wrote: > > >     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           www.geckoartfuerte.com 9/3/2009 9:48 AM PST   use a photo programme, I used adobe photoshop elements. I created a small page, typed in the text I wanted, then clicked on image, selected rotate and turned it upside down, I saved the work as a jpeg and then simply inserted it into the word document using insert, picture, file     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           hoosier81girl 11/19/2009 2:53 PM PST   "ClipArt & Media" wrote: > I want to invert a line of text on the back of a card that I have created. I > put the text in a text box and tried to change its orientation (upside down). > The text box moved, the text in it didn't. What am I doing wrong? ___________ -Insert Word Art -Type in your text -Right click -Format -Rotate 180 degrees did the trick for me!     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top         Return to Microsoft Communities   Notify me of replies