Hello,

I am trying to do a school assignment and am struggling with angled
headings. I am having a hard time explaining exactly what I want to
do, so I attached a picture at this location:

http://www.quickeq.com/images/excel.JPG

I have no problem angling the text, but I can't figure out a way to
have the borders angled beside the text. Is there a way to create
cells that are shaped like this: / / ?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Sean

Select the cells and Format>Cells>Alignment.

Use the protractor to set the text at an angle.

Place borders around the cells and fill in with color if desired.

Note: the cells will not be angled but the text and borders will make it look
like it.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 15:33:44 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I am trying to do a school assignment and am struggling with angled
>headings. I am having a hard time explaining exactly what I want to
>do, so I attached a picture at this location:
>
>http://www.quickeq.com/images/excel.JPG
>
>I have no problem angling the text, but I can't figure out a way to
>have the borders angled beside the text. Is there a way to create
>cells that are shaped like this: / / ?
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks
>Sean

awww I cannot believe how easy that is. Thanks for your help. I was
trying to use the diagonal border and that's where I was going wrong.
Thanks again.

-Sean