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Some
printers, but by no means all, offer the opportunity to produce mirror
imaged text, by utilising a feature intended for the printing of iron-on
transfers. Check the printer properties. |
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Rotate text in a text box by
180 degrees |
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Word has no built-in function
to invert text, to rotate it by 180 degrees or produce mirror imaged text.
A simple solution is to select the text and its box and copy to the clipboard
then paste into a graphics application, such as Windows Paint. There,
there are tools to flip or rotate the text according to requirements. The
downside is that the text becomes no longer editable. This approach should
work in all Word versions. |
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When the flipped text is
copied back into Word, you may lose some
resolution. If this is unacceptable, there is no real alternative to
creating a higher resolution image in a graphics application, such as
Corel Draw or Photoshop, and inserting that image into Word, but see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/DrwGrphcs/UpsideDownText.htm for a
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Free rotation of text in Word 2002/3 |
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For plain text, Word 2002 and 2003 have another trick up their sleeve
that gives variable results. |
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Select the required text,
including the paragraph mark if you wish to retain the same alignment
and cut to the clipboard (CTRL+X). |
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Use Edit > Paste Special to
re-insert the text as a graphic. |
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You can then select the
graphic
for further processing. Right click and Format picture. |
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You can choose any option
except 'in line with text', which will change the 'handles' around the
'picture'. |
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The green handle will allow
you to rotate the image. Click and drag the handle in the required
direction. |
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| Rotation of text in Word 2007 |
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In Word 2007, the process is
essentially similar. Select the text: |
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Cut the text to the
clipboard CTRL+X Then click Paste Special: |
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From the available options,
check Picture (Windows Metafile) and click OK |
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As with Word 2002/3, you can
now select the green handle above the box. |
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With Word
2007 format documents, the green handle provides the only means of
rotation. With Word 97-2003 format documents edited in Word 2007, there are additional
rotation choices and considerations.
Unlike Word
2002/3 Word 2007's default document format does not differentiate
between in-line and floating graphics when it comes to being able to
rotate; however when working with older Word document format documents,
in line images need to be converted to floating images to maintain
compatibility. It will be obvious when this is required as the inserted
image will not have the green handle, nor the corner and edge handles
shown in the above illustration - instead appearing as below. |
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Or from the the ribbon
Picture Tools options select 'Text Wrapping' and again choose an option
other than 'In Line with Text' |
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This changes the display as
follows: |
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When the green handle is
displayed it can be used to rotate the image at will, or you can select
the rotation options from the Picture Tools: |
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