How to change the direction of the text in the Word: options, examples

There are many graphic editors that make it possible to make beautiful mock-ups of ads, invitations and banners, and place the necessary information in them, turning and transforming it in any way. However, in everyday life one must be able to submit beautifully even an ordinary text document. Successfully placed inscription is able to completely transform the most dry text, attracting attention to it by unusual design.

In this article, we will talk about how to change the direction of the text in Word - a text editor that creates those "dry" documents that do not need to read them without tables, drawings and diagrams.

Of course, there is also a practical side to the issue of changing the direction of the text. It consists in the fact that sometimes there simply is not enough space for standard text placement. In this case, our article will also be useful.

Available methods

To those who ask the question: "Where is the direction of the text changing in the Vord?", We can offer three interesting options:

1. Insertion of the figure "Inscription", which allows you to change the direction of the text inside it in any convenient way.
2. Use the table, up to one single cell, where the text can also be placed in a different way.
3. Vertical placement of text by creating columns, changing the line spacing and increasing the font.

In the following sections, we will discuss each of these methods in more detail. All examples will be provided for the version of Microsoft Office 2007.

Change the direction of text using the inscription

How to change the direction of the text in the Word using the inscription? Follow these simple steps:

1. On the "Insert" tab of the "Vorda" shortcut bar, go to the "Text" group and find the "Caption" element there.
2. Click once on the element and select the type of the inscription "Simple inscription". The inscription with the standard text will be placed in the middle of the sheet.
3. Replace the standard text with the text you want.
4. A new section appears in the Quick Access toolbar - "Working with captions". When you click on it, the group "Text" appears on the left side of the panel, one of the elements of which is "Text direction". Click on it several times and you will see how the direction of the text changes.
5. Hover over the object frame and drag it to the desired location. It remains to work for small - to remove the frame so that it does not interfere.
6. There also in the section "Working with inscriptions" in the "Inscription Styles" group, go to the "Outline shape" drop-down list. Choose from the suggested "No Contour".

Done!

Let's see how to change the direction of the text in the Word using the table.

Change the direction of text using the table

We will also present the instruction in the form of successive steps:

1. On the Insert tab of the Quick Access toolbar, navigate to the Tables group and the Table element.
2. With the selection of one cell, create a label consisting of one row and one column.
3. Type the desired text inside the cell.
4. Place the mouse cursor inside the cell and right-click to open the context menu.
5. In the list that appears, select "Text direction".
6. Before you open a new window in which you can change the orientation of the text to the desired one.
7. Adjust the borders of the table frame so that the text is placed in it in the desired way.
8. It remains to get rid of the contour framework. Click inside your cell and you will see that a new tab has appeared on the shortcut bar - "Working with tables". Go to it and go to the "Table Styles" group. The "Borders" element is a drop - down list, when you click on which we need to select the desired item - "No border".

Done!

Are there any other ways to change the direction of the text in the Word? Yes, although the latter method is not quite normal.

Change the direction of the text by changing the font and the line spacing

The latter option assumes that the text will be located strictly vertically.

1. On the blank page of the Word, type the word or text you want.
2. On the Page Layout tab of the Quick Access toolbar, navigate to the Page Setup group - Columns. In the drop-down list, select "Other Columns", where in the window that opens, set the maximum possible number of columns - 12.
3. Select your text, and on the "Home" tab in the "Font" group, change the character size to 40.
4. On the same tab, only in the "Paragraph" group, set the line spacing with a factor of 0.6.

As a result of this group of steps, you will receive text that is located in several columns strictly vertically. If necessary, add more size to the font, or force Enter after the letters, which in the line turned out to be two.

Of course, from the options how to change the direction of the text in the "Word", this option, perhaps, is not the most successful, because in the remaining columns you will not post anything of value. However, this option is sometimes required.