Placement Of Text

[oldtrout - àrsaidh-breac]

Using Word 2000 9.0.2720

I have made a template with a table having 3 columns.

On the end columns I want to type so that the
characters are at 90o the center column, Left facing in
the left column and right facing in the right column.
(Like on the splines of a CD jewel case)

Can it be done and how?

The only thing I could find in help was to be able to
type like this:

a
a
a
a

 

[Jezebel]

You can create vertical text by selecting 'Text Direction' from the Format
menu. The text mut be in a table cell or in a textbox.

 

[oldtrout - àrsaidh-breac]

You can create vertical text by selecting 'Text Direction' from the Format
menu. The text mut be in a table cell or in a textbox.

Thank you but what I want to do is to be able to place
text in a vertical AND at a 90% right angle to the text
in the other columns.

àrsaidh-breac

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

What part of "You can do this" do you not understand? The text direction in
any cell is independent of the text direction in other cells. You can't have
two different text directions in the same cell, but you should be able to
split cells to meet that requirement.

 

[oldtrout - àrsaidh-breac]

What part of "You can do this" do you not understand? The text direction in
any cell is independent of the text direction in other cells. You can't have
two different text directions in the same cell, but you should be able to
split cells to meet that requirement.

Thank you.

I don't want to have text going in different directions
in the same cell.

Lets say there are 3 columns. I want to have the text
in the left column at a 90% angle to the "normal" text
in the middle column and the text in the left colums at
a 90% angle to the center column.

The best example I can give is the back insert ina CD case.

 

[Jezebel]

Just try the answer I offered. Select the first cell. Then use Format > Text
Direction and set the angle to 90 degrees.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Have you tried what we suggested? Type into all three columns. In Column 2
(or in Columns 1 and 3 if that's really what you mean), right-click and
choose Text Direction, then select which way you want the text rotated. If
you don't find Text Direction on the shortcut menu, it's on the Insert menu.

Note that you will not see the effects of this in Normal view; you must be
in Print Layout view to see the text rotated.

 

[oldtrout - àrsaidh-breac]

Have you tried what we suggested? Type into all three columns. In Column 2
(or in Columns 1 and 3 if that's really what you mean), right-click and
choose Text Direction, then select which way you want the text rotated. If
you don't find Text Direction on the shortcut menu, it's on the Insert menu.

Note that you will not see the effects of this in Normal view; you must be
in Print Layout view to see the text rotated.

A big thank you to you and to Jezebel.

What I thought was impossible has now been done.

Yours sincerely,

One happy camper,

 

[oldtrout - àrsaidh-breac]

A big thank you to you and to Jezebel.

What I thought was impossible has now been done.

Yours sincerely,

One happy camper,

Got the answer thanks.