Unable to rotate labels or business cards to make what I want

[clueless]

I am trying to make an insert that is a little larger than a business card
but the text and graphics will go the other way. Size Hieght=3 1/2 in.
width=2 1/2 in. the text and graphics will run the length of the width [2 1/2
inches] and not like a business card. These are going to be inserts into
small packages. How do I re-size the labels or business cards templets to do
this? and which templets would be better to use the labels or business cards?
any othe suggestions would be appreciated a lot as my signature says I am
clueless when it comes to MSWord. OH BTW I have MSWord2003
Thank You Very Much For The Help

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Start with the business card label definition and change the measurements as
needed to define a custom label. You will need to start with a landscape
layout and mentally rotate the dimensions.

 

[Jay Freedman]

I am trying to make an insert that is a little larger than a business card
but the text and graphics will go the other way. Size Hieght=3 1/2 in.
width=2 1/2 in. the text and graphics will run the length of the width [2 1/2
inches] and not like a business card. These are going to be inserts into
small packages. How do I re-size the labels or business cards templets to do
this? and which templets would be better to use the labels or business cards?
any othe suggestions would be appreciated a lot as my signature says I am
clueless when it comes to MSWord. OH BTW I have MSWord2003
Thank You Very Much For The Help

There's a trick to this...

Word does labels and business cards by creating a table, with each
cell sized to fit one card. As I'm sure you found out, if you try to
change the page orientation, the table layout gets messed up and
doesn't match the card stock.

Table cells don't have a setting to change the text direction by 90
degrees, but a text box does. So the trick is to draw a text box that
just fits inside a table cell, and rotate the text inside the text box
by clicking the Change Text Direction button on the Text Box toolbar.

After you set up the first card, copy the text box and paste it into
the other cells of the table.

 

[Doug Robbins]

Hi Jay,

With Word 2003, which the OP is using, you can rotate the direction of text
in a table cell by plus/minus 90 deg.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

I am trying to make an insert that is a little larger than a business card
but the text and graphics will go the other way. Size Hieght=3 1/2 in.
width=2 1/2 in. the text and graphics will run the length of the width [2
1/2
inches] and not like a business card. These are going to be inserts into
small packages. How do I re-size the labels or business cards templets to
do
this? and which templets would be better to use the labels or business
cards?
any othe suggestions would be appreciated a lot as my signature says I am
clueless when it comes to MSWord. OH BTW I have MSWord2003
Thank You Very Much For The Help

There's a trick to this...

Word does labels and business cards by creating a table, with each
cell sized to fit one card. As I'm sure you found out, if you try to
change the page orientation, the table layout gets messed up and
doesn't match the card stock.

Table cells don't have a setting to change the text direction by 90
degrees, but a text box does. So the trick is to draw a text box that
just fits inside a table cell, and rotate the text inside the text box
by clicking the Change Text Direction button on the Text Box toolbar.

After you set up the first card, copy the text box and paste it into
the other cells of the table.

 

[Jay Freedman]

Hi Jay,

With Word 2003, which the OP is using, you can rotate the direction of text
in a table cell by plus/minus 90 deg.

I think I'd better get my glasses adjusted. I was sure that was
available, but I didn't see it when I went to look for it. It's there,
of course...

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

This ability dates back to Word 97 IIRC.

Hi Jay,

With Word 2003, which the OP is using, you can rotate the direction of text
in a table cell by plus/minus 90 deg.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

I am trying to make an insert that is a little larger than a business card
but the text and graphics will go the other way. Size Hieght=3 1/2 in.
width=2 1/2 in. the text and graphics will run the length of the width [2
1/2
inches] and not like a business card. These are going to be inserts into
small packages. How do I re-size the labels or business cards templets to
do
this? and which templets would be better to use the labels or business
cards?
any othe suggestions would be appreciated a lot as my signature says I am
clueless when it comes to MSWord. OH BTW I have MSWord2003
Thank You Very Much For The Help

There's a trick to this...

Word does labels and business cards by creating a table, with each
cell sized to fit one card. As I'm sure you found out, if you try to
change the page orientation, the table layout gets messed up and
doesn't match the card stock.

Table cells don't have a setting to change the text direction by 90
degrees, but a text box does. So the trick is to draw a text box that
just fits inside a table cell, and rotate the text inside the text box
by clicking the Change Text Direction button on the Text Box toolbar.

After you set up the first card, copy the text box and paste it into
the other cells of the table.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The problem is probably that "Text Direction" (like Vertical Alignment) is
not available on all the table shortcut menus (though you can always use the
entry on the Format menu). I use the vertical alignment command so often
that I went ahead and added it to most of the table shortcut menus.