1*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<helpdocument version="1.0"> 3*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 4*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<!--*********************************************************** 5*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 6*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 7*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 8*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * distributed with this work for additional information 9*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 10*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 11*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 12*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 13*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 14*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 15*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 16*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 17*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 18*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY 19*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 20*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * specific language governing permissions and limitations 21*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * under the License. 22*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 23*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski ***********************************************************--> 24*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 25*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 26*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 27*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 28*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<meta> 29*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <topic id="textswriterguidetext_rotatexml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 30*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Rotating Text</title> 31*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <filename>/text/swriter/guide/text_rotate.xhp</filename> 32*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </topic> 33*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </meta> 34*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <body> 35*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3155911"><bookmark_value>text; rotating</bookmark_value> 36*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>rotating;text</bookmark_value> 37*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</bookmark> 38*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3155911" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U" 39*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski oldref="65"><variable id="text_rotate"><link href="text/swriter/guide/text_rotate.xhp" name="Rotating Text">Rotating Text</link> 40*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</variable></paragraph> 41*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147410" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="66">You can only rotate text that is contained in a drawing object.</paragraph> 42*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <list type="ordered"> 43*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 44*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153130" role="listitem" l10n="CHG" oldref="67">Choose <item type="menuitem">View - Toolbars- Drawing</item> to open the <item type="menuitem">Drawing</item> 45*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <emph/>toolbar.</paragraph> 46*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 47*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 48*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149866" role="listitem" l10n="CHG" oldref="68">Select the <link href="text/shared/02/01140000.xhp" name="Text"><item type="menuitem">Text</item></link> icon 49*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<image id="img_id3149600" src="res/commandimagelist/sc_texttoolbox.png" width="0.222in" height="0.222in"><alt xml-lang="en-US" id="alt_id3149600">Icon</alt> 50*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </image>.</paragraph> 51*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 52*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 53*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149590" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="69">Drag in your document to draw the text object, and then type your text.</paragraph> 54*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 55*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 56*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154415" role="listitem" l10n="CHG" oldref="71">Click outside of the object, then click the text you entered. Click the <link href="text/shared/02/05090000.xhp" name="Object Rotation Mode"><item type="menuitem">Rotate</item></link> icon 57*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<image id="img_id3145405" src="res/commandimagelist/sc_toggleobjectrotatemode.png" width="0.222in" height="0.222in"><alt xml-lang="en-US" id="alt_id3145405">Icon</alt> 58*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </image> on the <item type="menuitem">Drawing Object Properties</item> toolbar.</paragraph> 59*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 60*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 61*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154252" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="72">Drag one of the corner handles of the text object.</paragraph> 62*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 63*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </list> 64*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154844" role="tip" l10n="U" oldref="73">You can also right-click the text object, choose <emph>Position and Size</emph>, click the <emph>Rotation</emph> tab, and then enter a rotation angle or a new position for the object.</paragraph> 65*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <section id="relatedtopics"> 66*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <embed href="text/swriter/guide/text_emphasize.xhp#text_emphasize"/> 67*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155888" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="74"><link href="text/shared/02/01140000.xhp" name="Show Draw Functions">Show Draw Functions</link></paragraph> 68*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </section> 69*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </body> 70*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</helpdocument>