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

Hi :)
I'm sure we have all been there or somewhere very similar.  Don't worry!

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Tom :)



On 14 May 2014 18:27, KARR, DAVID <dk068x@att.com> wrote:

> > -----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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