RE: [libreoffice-users] [Draw] Confused about how to render rotated text

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cley Faye [mailto:cleyfaye@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 10:05 AM
> Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] [Draw] Confused about how to render
> rotated text
>
> 2014-05-14 17:55 GMT+02:00 KARR, DAVID <dk068x@att.com>:
>
> > I can't figure out how to render a short piece of rotated text. The
> > instructions I saw referred to a "text" icon. In the Draw app the only
> one
> > that comes close is the "Label Field" in the "Form Controls" toolbar.
> The
> > later instructions for selecting that for rotation just don't work.
> >
> > What am I missing?
>
> ​Writing rotated text in Draw:
> 1 - In the "Drawing" toolbar, select the text icon (if the ​Drawing toolbar
> is not visible, show it first from the Display->Toolbars menu):
> http://i.imgur.com/n52PGyo.png
> 2 - Place your text somewhere
> 3 - Right click in the hashed outline of the text object, then select
> "Position and sizing" (not sure about the english translation, but you get
> the idea)
> 4 - In the "Rotation tab, you can set the angle you want (
> http://i.imgur.com/wB1ZQkg.png)
>
> And the result: http://i.imgur.com/rucFDqj.png
>
> I believe this answer your question.

Sigh.  My main disconnect was that I never thought to look at the bottom of the window where the 
"Drawing" toolbar shows.  Once I found that, these instructions worked fine.

Thanks.

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