1*cdf0e10cSrcweir<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*cdf0e10cSrcweir<helpdocument version="1.0"> 3*cdf0e10cSrcweir 4*cdf0e10cSrcweir<!-- 5*cdf0e10cSrcweir*********************************************************************** 6*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 7*cdf0e10cSrcweir * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. 8*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 9*cdf0e10cSrcweir * Copyright 2000, 2010 Oracle and/or its affiliates. 10*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 11*cdf0e10cSrcweir * OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite 12*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 13*cdf0e10cSrcweir * This file is part of OpenOffice.org. 14*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 15*cdf0e10cSrcweir * OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify 16*cdf0e10cSrcweir * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 17*cdf0e10cSrcweir * only, as published by the Free Software Foundation. 18*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 19*cdf0e10cSrcweir * OpenOffice.org is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 20*cdf0e10cSrcweir * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 21*cdf0e10cSrcweir * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 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If not, see 27*cdf0e10cSrcweir * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html> 28*cdf0e10cSrcweir * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License. 29*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 30*cdf0e10cSrcweir ************************************************************************ 31*cdf0e10cSrcweir --> 32*cdf0e10cSrcweir 33*cdf0e10cSrcweir 34*cdf0e10cSrcweir<meta> 35*cdf0e10cSrcweir <topic id="textswriterguidetext_rotatexml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 36*cdf0e10cSrcweir <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Rotating Text</title> 37*cdf0e10cSrcweir <filename>/text/swriter/guide/text_rotate.xhp</filename> 38*cdf0e10cSrcweir </topic> 39*cdf0e10cSrcweir </meta> 40*cdf0e10cSrcweir <body> 41*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3155911"><bookmark_value>text; rotating</bookmark_value> 42*cdf0e10cSrcweir <bookmark_value>rotating;text</bookmark_value> 43*cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark> 44*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3155911" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U" 45*cdf0e10cSrcweir oldref="65"><variable id="text_rotate"><link href="text/swriter/guide/text_rotate.xhp" name="Rotating Text">Rotating Text</link> 46*cdf0e10cSrcweir</variable></paragraph> 47*cdf0e10cSrcweir <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> 48*cdf0e10cSrcweir <list type="ordered"> 49*cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 50*cdf0e10cSrcweir <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> 51*cdf0e10cSrcweir <emph/>toolbar.</paragraph> 52*cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 53*cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 54*cdf0e10cSrcweir <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 55*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 56*cdf0e10cSrcweir </image>.</paragraph> 57*cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 58*cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 59*cdf0e10cSrcweir <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> 60*cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 61*cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 62*cdf0e10cSrcweir <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 63*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 64*cdf0e10cSrcweir </image> on the <item type="menuitem">Drawing Object Properties</item> toolbar.</paragraph> 65*cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 66*cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 67*cdf0e10cSrcweir <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> 68*cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 69*cdf0e10cSrcweir </list> 70*cdf0e10cSrcweir <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> 71*cdf0e10cSrcweir <section id="relatedtopics"> 72*cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/swriter/guide/text_emphasize.xhp#text_emphasize"/> 73*cdf0e10cSrcweir <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> 74*cdf0e10cSrcweir </section> 75*cdf0e10cSrcweir </body> 76*cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument>