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Is it possible to rotate a Text Box in Word 2007 by, say, 180 degrees?

I'd rather not have to convert the text to an image.

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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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Other than that, use PowerPoint or Publisher, there it's quite easy :)

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Thanks Molly - I'm trying to avoid converting to a picture for quality reasons. A better solution (although a bit more fiddly) seems to be to zoom in first, press Print Scrn, then paste into Paint as you suggest. – RaceFace Jan 22 '10 at 15:14
@RaceFace - well, with word 2010 you'll have it your way ... soon :) – Molly7244 Jan 22 '10 at 15:51
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Sorry no, however this feature will however be available in Word 2010, which is currently in public beta. In 2010 it is available in the section Format > Arrange > Rotate

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Thanks Jay, I'll give it a go: microsoft.com/office/2010/en/default.aspx – RaceFace Jan 22 '10 at 15:18
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If I need to rotate a text box, I insert a rectangle, right mouse click and choose add text. Then, I can not only rotate the rectangle shape, I can change the orientation of the text.

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Unfortunately rotating the rectangle doesn't change the text orientation, and using the 'Text Direction' button only rotates 90 degrees each way - not the full 180 degrees. – RaceFace Jul 4 '11 at 9:59
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