Can I rotate an embedded excel spreadsheet?

[themint100]

I imported a landscape oriented spreadsheet into MS Word. I want to rotate just the table (not the entire page, which messes up going to PDF)

Is there a way to change the orientation of an imported spreadsheet

Help

-G

 

[Jean-Guy Marcil]

Hi there,

What word version are we talking about?
Is the Excel object linked to its source or not?

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I imported a landscape oriented spreadsheet into MS Word. I want to rotate

just the table (not the entire page, which messes up going to PDF).

 

[themint100]

Both are Microsoft Office XP (Microsoft Word 2002 (10.3416.3501) and Microsoft Excel 2002 (10.3506.3501)

I copied and did a paste special, and tried different formats. The options to import as a picture, etc., produced results that were too low-res to print reasonably

I'm comfortable importing however I need to if I can, indeed rotate it.

Thanks

-g

 

[Jean-Guy Marcil]

Hi -g,

Normally, you cannot rotate it if it is linked.

If you are comfortable with not linking it, then I would suggest that you
tried a paste special and choose "Metafile". This is normally fairly clean.
Then, make sure your Excel object is not inline with the text by either
floating it in front of the text or setting some kind of wrapping (Top -
Bottom). Then you will be able to rotate it by using the "rotate" handle,
the green circle linked to the shape's top border by a thin line. If you
need it inline with text, then after you finish rotating it as you wish, you
can remove the wrapping and set it back as inline with text.

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Cheers!
_______________________________________
Jean-Guy Marcil - Word MVP
(e-mail address removed)
Word MVP site: http://www.word.mvps.org

Both are Microsoft Office XP (Microsoft Word 2002 (10.3416.3501) and

Microsoft Excel 2002 (10.3506.3501).

I copied and did a paste special, and tried different formats. The options

to import as a picture, etc., produced results that were too low-res to
print reasonably.