Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer: rotating a text frame with respect to the superordinate text

On 30/07/2024 11:57, John Kaufmann wrote:
Hi Mike,

What about trying the Drawing toolbar and inserting a text frame - that can be rotated from the 
properties list?

Philip

> Mike,
>
> If I understand correctly, your suggestion addresses how to simulate a double-wide page at the 
> center, using two frames. But that's not my problem. There is no problem having two different page 
> sizes. That is just a matter of defining two page styles, then switching to the double-wide page 
> style for just the middle of the booklet.
>
> My problem is simply how to rotate a frame - I can't recall how to do that in LO. [I'm beginning to 
> wonder if I ever did that with Writer; maybe it was with WordPerfect.] If you know how to rotate a 
> frame in Writer, I would be grateful to know that.
>
> John
>
>
> On 2024-07-30 00:58, Michael Coughlin wrote:
> > John:
> > I'm no expert in Libre Office, so please forgive me if I don't fully understand your situation. My 
> > (perhaps very amateur approach) was to suggest that you treat the centerfold you need by creating 
> > two full-page frames, one for the left-hand page and one for the right-hand page. Put  your text 
> > into each frame by creating the  left page's text and then rotating it t90 degrees to butt it up 
> > with the text created for the right=hand page, text that you also rotated 90 degrees. Then, move 
> > the respective text blocks so they come close to the gutter edges of both pages and appear to butt 
> > together.
> > Somewhere, I read about how to create a landscape-page spread in a document that otherwise is made 
> > up of portrait pages, but I can't just now remember where I saw that information.  I think it was 
> > done by inserting two pages, both with landscape orientation, into your existing portrait 
> > orientation document.
> >
> > Mike


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