Re: [libreoffice-users] Text Orientation

You can make the text work for 90 and 270 degrees of rotation, but 
"upside down" needs 180.  So it will be be very hard to do it in Writer.

The "drawing" of text option in Writer may have that ability, buy I 
rarely use that type of option.


On 08/14/2014 03:49 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
> I have a feeling this is probably best done in Draw.  I tend to use Writer
> far too much for poster design and sometimes, later in the process, realise
> that Draw would have been better.  Sometimes it's worth copy&pasting
> elements onto a fresh Draw document but mostly i just stay in Writer.
>
> Writer is fine but Draw has a few extra features.  It's just that i am not
> so familiar with Draw and occasionally stumble around a bit.  For example
> when placing images i prefer the right-click menu in Writer as it's quite a
> bit different in Draw because of the extra options.
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
>
>
> On 13 August 2014 21:58, Brian Barker <b.m.barker@btinternet.com> wrote:
>
> > At 16:21 13/08/2014 -0400, Pikov Andropov wrote:
> >
> > > I want to create a document of a layout of a bridge table. It should have
> > > the words, "NORTH", "EAST", "SOUTH" and "WEST" on the four edges, each
> > > facing outward.
> > One way to do this is to use a text box:
> > o Go to View | Toolbars > | Drawing, to display the Drawing toolbar at the
> > foot of the window.
> > o Click the Text icon ("T") and drag a rectangular box in the document.
> > o Enter and style the required text.
> > o Click the text box to select it - so that it shows the coloured border
> > and the eight coloured handles.
> > o Right-click the box and go to Position and Size... | Rotation | Rotation
> > angle | Angle to set the orientation.
> > o Copy and paste the result to form the other necessary boxes. Note that
> > the copies will appear on top of the originals, so you will not see the
> > result of the Paste until you drag them to a new position.
> >
> > I trust this helps.
> >
> > Brian Barker
> >
> >
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