Text Flow in Line

[Norman Zhang]

Is there a way to make text flow in the same direction of a line without
using the text rotation tool? I'm on Visio 2003.

e.g.,
/
/
x
x
x
/
/

Regards,
Norman Zhang

 

[Paul Herber]

Is there a way to make text flow in the same direction of a line without
using the text rotation tool? I'm on Visio 2003.

e.g.,
/
/
x
x
x
/
/

Regards,
Norman Zhang

What sort of line do you mean, Norman? If you create a line using the
line tool on the drawing bar and then add text then the text angle
does exactly what you want.

If the shape is a connector type then you can do the following:
Select the shape and use the menu
Window -> Open ShapeSheet
Move down to the section TextTransform (or create it if it doesn't
exist) and in the cell TxtAngle put the formula
=ATAN2(EndY-BeginY, EndX-BeginX)

 

[Norman Zhang]

If the shape is a connector type then you can do the following:
Select the shape and use the menu
Window -> Open ShapeSheet
Move down to the section TextTransform (or create it if it doesn't
exist) and in the cell TxtAngle put the formula
=ATAN2(EndY-BeginY, EndX-BeginX)

I'm using line connector as straight lines between 2 objects.

For some reason, TextTransform is grayed out. Adding section will
automatically align existing text vertically with existing lines?

Norman

 

[Paul Herber]

I'm using line connector as straight lines between 2 objects.

For some reason, TextTransform is grayed out.

That's because the section already exists.

Adding section will
automatically align existing text vertically with existing lines?

er, no.
Set the TextTransform TxtAngle cell to
=ATAN2(EndY-BeginY, EndX-BeginX)

That should do what you originally asked for.

 

[Norman Zhang]

If the shape is a connector type then you can do the following:
Select the shape and use the menu
Window -> Open ShapeSheet
Move down to the section TextTransform (or create it if it doesn't
exist) and in the cell TxtAngle put the formula
=ATAN2(EndY-BeginY, EndX-BeginX)

Thanks Paul. I managed to get it to work. I also had to look up some ref
from here

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/279308

Norman

 

[John Marshall, MVP]

That looks like the shapesheet for the page. You need to select a shape
before doing the Show Shapesheet. You will also need to do Insert section to
add the text transform section.

John... Visio MVP

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