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26<topic id="textswriterguidetext_rotatexml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
27<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Rotating Text</title>
28<filename>/text/swriter/guide/text_rotate.xhp</filename>
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31<body>
32<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3155911">
33<bookmark_value>text; rotating</bookmark_value>
34<bookmark_value>rotating;text</bookmark_value>
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36<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3155911" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U"
37oldref="65"><variable id="text_rotate"><link href="text/swriter/guide/text_rotate.xhp" name="Rotating Text">Rotating Text</link>
38</variable></paragraph>
39<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>
40<list type="ordered">
41<listitem>
42<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> toolbar.</paragraph>
43</listitem>
44<listitem>
45<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
46<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>
47</image>.</paragraph>
48</listitem>
49<listitem>
50<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>
51</listitem>
52<listitem>
53<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
54<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>
55</image> on the <item type="menuitem">Drawing Object Properties</item> toolbar.</paragraph>
56</listitem>
57<listitem>
58<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>
59</listitem>
60</list>
61<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>
62<section id="relatedtopics">
63<embed href="text/swriter/guide/text_emphasize.xhp#text_emphasize"/>
64<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>
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