How can I tilt a text box?

[Guest]

Help. I am used to using QuarkExpress and my job now requires that I use Word.
So.... I would like to have control over the text box angles.

I am creating a map and would like the road names to be parallel with the
actual streets.
Thanks,
Lorrene

 

[Jay Freedman]

Don't even attempt to do that job in Word!

You can't rotate Word's text boxes to any angles except plus or minus 90
degrees. You can rotate WordArt, but it's a pain to work with because it's
"artsy". There are various workarounds that involve external programs (see
http://www.gmayor.com/rotate_text.htm), but if it's more than one or two
bits of text you're better off doing the whole job in a different program.
When you're done, if a Word document is really "required", save the map as a
graphic file and paste it into a Word document.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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[Guest]

Jay,
Thanks so much for your response.... Yup... I used WordArt and tweeked it
the best I could...
I really appreciate your answering my query... I was hoping for a miracle
technique.
Lorrene

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

Try Publisher.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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