Rotating Text in a Report

[Dave Eliot]

Is there any way to rotate a text field 90 degrees? I want to print the
title of an album along the spine of the box.

Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

What version of Access? In Access 2003, there's a Vertical text property you
can set. (Sorry, I don't remember in which version of Access it was
introduced). If your version doesn't, check what Stephen Lebans has at
http://www.lebans.com/xrotatetext.htm

 

[Dave Eliot]

I have Access 2002, and it does have a Vertical yes/no on the "Other" tab of
the properties box. I have selected "yes." I can't see anything in preview
or when it prints; however, if I try and type in the box, the cursor is
correct, but I can't see anything that I type either.

What version of Access? In Access 2003, there's a Vertical text property
you can set. (Sorry, I don't remember in which version of Access it was
introduced). If your version doesn't, check what Stephen Lebans has at
http://www.lebans.com/xrotatetext.htm

 

[Stephen Lebans]

Two points:

1) Make sure you have have the Margin props for the TextBox are set to 0.
2) Change the Font you are using.

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HTH
Stephen Lebans
http://www.lebans.com
Access Code, Tips and Tricks
Please respond only to the newsgroups so everyone can benefit.

I have Access 2002, and it does have a Vertical yes/no on the "Other" tab
of the properties box. I have selected "yes." I can't see anything in
preview or when it prints; however, if I try and type in the box, the
cursor is correct, but I can't see anything that I type either.

 

[Dave Eliot]

Well, changing the font made it visible, but it's not vertical I want. It
should be rotated 90 degrees, like the spine on a book.

Two points:

1) Make sure you have have the Margin props for the TextBox are set to 0.
2) Change the Font you are using.

--

HTH
Stephen Lebans
http://www.lebans.com
Access Code, Tips and Tricks
Please respond only to the newsgroups so everyone can benefit.

 

[scubadiver]

On the "other" tab in the properties box you can say whether you want your
text to be rotated 90 degrees.

I am not sure whether you want this or whether you want the letters to be
written normally but vertically like:

V
E
R
T
I
C
A
L

Well, changing the font made it visible, but it's not vertical I want. It
should be rotated 90 degrees, like the spine on a book.

 

[scubadiver]

Ignore previous message umm

Well, changing the font made it visible, but it's not vertical I want. It
should be rotated 90 degrees, like the spine on a book.