Rotate a page in Word?

G

Guest

Can I rotate a page in Word? If I change the page setup from landscape to
portrait, it changes the page only, but not its content. Is there a way to
rotate a page including text.? If not, can I rotate a text box?
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

When you change a page to landscape, the content *is* rotated; it's just not
displayed rotated on the screen (it would be pretty hard to type if it
were).

Text in tables, text boxes, and frames can be rotated 90 degrees clockwise
or counter-clockwise.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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G

Guest

My problem is that I'm working with a binder spine template that shows two
spine inserts which are horizontal (in landscape). And you are right, it is
pretty hard to type because I;ve to type "from bottom to top" rather then
"from left to right".
That's why I wanted to rotate the page so that it would basically have to
columns and I could type the normal way.
 
J

JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]

Two separate documents. If you were using Publisher, you could have done it
in one. ;-)
 
G

Guest

Sorry, not whether I understand what you're sugesting. Two documents?
Publisher?
How can I rotate a text box?

JoAnn Paules said:
Two separate documents. If you were using Publisher, you could have done it
in one. ;-)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



Jochen_E said:
My problem is that I'm working with a binder spine template that shows two
spine inserts which are horizontal (in landscape). And you are right, it
is
pretty hard to type because I;ve to type "from bottom to top" rather then
"from left to right".
That's why I wanted to rotate the page so that it would basically have to
columns and I could type the normal way.
 
J

JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]

Publisher is MS's desktop publishing program. It's made to do stuff like
rotating text boxes and putting graphics anywhere you want them and being
creative.

Word is great for word-processing but it's limited in the artsy-fartsy
field. (Shoot me - that's my opinion.)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



Jochen_E said:
Sorry, not whether I understand what you're sugesting. Two documents?
Publisher?
How can I rotate a text box?

JoAnn Paules said:
Two separate documents. If you were using Publisher, you could have done
it
in one. ;-)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



Jochen_E said:
My problem is that I'm working with a binder spine template that shows
two
spine inserts which are horizontal (in landscape). And you are right,
it
is
pretty hard to type because I;ve to type "from bottom to top" rather
then
"from left to right".
That's why I wanted to rotate the page so that it would basically have
to
columns and I could type the normal way.

:

When you change a page to landscape, the content *is* rotated; it's
just
not
displayed rotated on the screen (it would be pretty hard to type if it
were).

Text in tables, text boxes, and frames can be rotated 90 degrees
clockwise
or counter-clockwise.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

Can I rotate a page in Word? If I change the page setup from
landscape
to
portrait, it changes the page only, but not its content. Is there a
way
to
rotate a page including text.? If not, can I rotate a text box?
 

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