Rotated text in Word 2003

[ever90321]

Hi,

I've done a number of web searches, trying to find the best way to
created rotated text (at any angle) in Word 2003. There are several
ways to do this, but so far, none have been exactly what I want. Here
is what I've tried:

1) I tried the Copy text, then Paste Special -> Windows Metafile
trick, and this works fine on the screen, but when printed, the text
appears as a garbled mess. This is on two completely different
printers, so I don't think it's a driver issue.

2) I then tried Copy, Paste Special again, using the Metafile above as
the source, but this time choosing PNG or GIF from the list. This
works, but the output is blocky and not anti-aliased. I suppose I
could try cleaning it up in a paint program, but I don't really want
to do this.

3) I tried WordArt for the very first time, and this prints fine,
except the WordArt options are all for highly stylized text. Is there
no way to create "plain" WordArt ?

If anyone has other suggestions, I'd be happy to hear them.

Thanks!
Todd

 

[ybS2okj]

Have you tried formatting your text in Excel and then paste Special in Word?
You can do this quite easily like this:

1) Enter your text in excel in the normal way;
2) Expand or AutoFit the column of your text;
3) Now go to Format, Cells, Alignment tab
4) Change the degrees from the drop down box up or down.
5) Once satisfied, copy the entire cell (CTRL+C)
6) Go to Word and Edit, Paste Special, Select Microsoft Office Excel Object
7) You are done.

hth

 

[LVTravel]

Hi,

I've done a number of web searches, trying to find the best way to
created rotated text (at any angle) in Word 2003. There are several
ways to do this, but so far, none have been exactly what I want. Here
is what I've tried:

1) I tried the Copy text, then Paste Special -> Windows Metafile
trick, and this works fine on the screen, but when printed, the text
appears as a garbled mess. This is on two completely different
printers, so I don't think it's a driver issue.

2) I then tried Copy, Paste Special again, using the Metafile above as
the source, but this time choosing PNG or GIF from the list. This
works, but the output is blocky and not anti-aliased. I suppose I
could try cleaning it up in a paint program, but I don't really want
to do this.

3) I tried WordArt for the very first time, and this prints fine,
except the WordArt options are all for highly stylized text. Is there
no way to create "plain" WordArt ?

If anyone has other suggestions, I'd be happy to hear them.

Thanks!
Todd

In Word Art choose the shape from the gallery on the top line with the
curved text (middle position.) Once the text is on the screen then choose
to edit Word Art Shape and choose the straight line (top left icon.) Once
that is done then you select the Edit Text icon and set the Font and also
the size of the text in points. This is as close to freely rotating
standard text as you will find in Word.