Cascading Text

[Marilyn Turner]

This is most often found on the first page of legal
documents -- 10-Q Forms which are submitted to the SEC.
The words are shaped in the form of a triange (each line
is longer that the previous line). There is a method for
formatting these words, which I understand is called
cascading. Would appreciate any tips on how this is done.

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP - DELETE UPPERCASE CHARACT]

Hi Marilyn,

I believe the only way to do this using Word would be to centre the text by
choosing that paragraph alignment of a centre aligned tab stop and manually
control the length of each line by inserting manual linebreaks.

Please post any further questions or followup to the newsgroups for the
benefit of others who may be interested. Unsolicited questions forwarded
directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis.
Hope this helps
Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[Jay Freedman]

This is most often found on the first page of legal
documents -- 10-Q Forms which are submitted to the SEC.
The words are shaped in the form of a triange (each line
is longer that the previous line). There is a method for
formatting these words, which I understand is called
cascading. Would appreciate any tips on how this is done.

Use an AutoShape from the Drawing toolbar to create a right triangle.
Copy and paste the triangle, and flip the copy horizontally (Draw >
Rotate or Flip > Flip Horizontal). Position the two triangles at the
left and right margins, with their hypotenuses toward the center.
Right-click each triangle, select Format AutoShape, format it with no
line and white fill ("no fill" seems not to work properly), and set
their Text Wrapping (on the Layout tab) to Tight. The text between the
triangles will take on the cascade shape.

 

[JGM]

Hi Jay,

Wow, beautiful!

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP - DELETE UPPERCASE CHARACT]

Hi Jay,

I stand corrected on this one. One minor improvement though, if the text is
centre-aligned, you get a more symmetrical cascading.

Please post any further questions or followup to the newsgroups for the
benefit of others who may be interested. Unsolicited questions forwarded
directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis.
Hope this helps
Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[Candice Mesk]

Justify the paragraph in the triangle if you want symmetry...


"Doug Robbins - Word MVP - DELETE UPPERCASE CHARACTERS FROM EMAIL ADDRESS"

Hi Jay,

I stand corrected on this one. One minor improvement though, if the text is
centre-aligned, you get a more symmetrical cascading.

Please post any further questions or followup to the newsgroups for the
benefit of others who may be interested. Unsolicited questions forwarded
directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis.
Hope this helps
Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[JGM]

Hi Candice,

Just to clarify, if you follow Jay's instructions, you will see that the
paragraph is not IN ONE triangle, but "squeezed" (so to speak) BETWEEN TWO
triangles.
In fact, I do not think that you can get a text box inside a triangle to
take a triangular shape. A text box is always rectangular, regadless of the
shape in which the text is inserted.
For non-rectangluar text inside a shape, you have to use something like
Illustrator or QuarkXpress... At least, that's my understanding, and if I am
wrong, I will be glad to be corrected and to learn how to fit text inside an
irregular shape with Word.

HTH

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Jean-Guy Marcil
(e-mail address removed)

Justify the paragraph in the triangle if you want symmetry...


"Doug Robbins - Word MVP - DELETE UPPERCASE CHARACTERS FROM EMAIL ADDRESS"

Hi Jay,

I stand corrected on this one. One minor improvement though, if the

text

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I believe Candice understands this, but her suggestion is probably valid (or
at least worth experimenting with).

 

[Jay Freedman]

Hi, Jean-Guy,

The result of the fakery with two triangles is that the text appears
*as if* it's a triangle. Candice is correct that applying Justified
formatting to that text gives a better appearance, because the edges
of the triangle won't be ragged as it would be if the formatting is
Left or Center.

 

[JGM]

Hi all,

Mea culpa!

When she wrote "in the triangle" I thought she though that the text was
inside a shape...
But, of course, if you look at the result on the page, while technically not
exact, the text is kind of inside a triangle...
In a triangular space, not a triangular shape!

Wooo hooo.... if I keep writng about this I'll feel like I was trapped in a
twilight zone episode..

Thanks for making me see the other side of the coin.

Sorry Candice for assuming you misunderstood Jay's suggestion.

Cheers.