How can I tilt Text in a table cell

[apexbs]

Hi ;

I am trying to tilt text in a table cell , I mean the text should appear at the angle of 45 degree.

How can I do that !

Thanks.

 

[gizmo1973]

I'm not sure what you mean by Table Cell but to tilt the text in any cell you do this

Right Click, Format Cells, Alignment, Orientation (on the right)
either
a Move the clock handle
b Enter 45 degrees in the __ Degrees box

Hopoe this is what U R after

Phil

"Then I’d say what’s the point of having rank if you can’t pull it?"

(DCI Jack Meadows)

 

[apexbs]

I mean to show data like

T
L
I
T

in MS Word table cell. I tried your options but there is no such a way to do it in MS word.

Thanks.

 

[gizmo1973]

Ah Ha
That's why my answer was fo MS Excel, you never said what application it was for before

Try this
Click the callout, text box, AutoShape, or table cell that contains the text you want to change.
On the Format menu, click Text Direction.
Click the orientation you want.

This will only go 90 degrees though not 45


Phil

"Then I’d say what’s the point of having rank if you can’t pull it?"

(DCI Jack Meadows)

 

[apexbs]

Humm, I already tried that and I changed it to 90 degree but I want to bend the text to 45 degree in the table cell.

Sorry, I did not mention the MS Word in my first Post and I was also thinking that you were talking about MS Excel.

I am still looking for a way to do that in MS Word.

Thanks.

 

[gizmo1973]

apexbs

Yeah sorry pal.
If you have no joy on here by tomorrow I'll ask our MS Word wizard when she gets in.
I only do MS Excel!!





Phil

"Then I’d say what’s the point of having rank if you can’t pull it?"

(DCI Jack Meadows)

 

[apexbs]

I can wait for tomorrow , its fine b/c I really want to know how it will be done.

Thanks.

 

[AngeloTechs]

I just tried this using WordArt and it worked. Click on Insert...Picture...Word Art. Enter your text in the box. Click on the Draw button on the bottom left and select rotate...left or right. The Word Art now has a selection with a dot above it. This will let you freely rotate the image.

 

[dcompto]

Although it will not be editable in Word, another option is to create each text box in PowerPoint and copy and paste as a picture into Word.

If you decide this is the route you would like to take, you could save the PowerPoint file and when you want a new batch of 45-degree headings, just open the file, click once on the old text, and type the new text, then copy and paste as a picture in Word, etc.

IN POWERPOINT:
Draw toolbar > Text Box button
Click once in slide
Type your text
Change your font style and font size as desired
Double-click the border
On the Text Box tab, change all Internal Margins to 0
On the Size tab, in the Rotation window, type -45
Ctrl+C to copy to the clipboard

IN WORD:
Edit > Paste Special > Picture
OK
Double-click the picture
Layout tab > In line with text

TABLE FORMATTING YOU MAY WANT TO USE:
Select your heading cells
Tables and Borders toolbar
Align Bottom Center
Table > Table Properties > Row tab
Uncheck Specify height
Uncheck Allow row to break across pages
Table > AutoFit > AutoFit to Contents

STRANGE QUIRK:
If you do the AutoFit to Contents and it doesn't work even though you do it multiple times, click the Center align button then the Left align button on the Standard toolbar. I don't know why the first happens and I don't know why the latter works in fixing it, but it has worked each time I've had it happen.