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<helpdocument version="1.0">
<meta>
<topic id="textswriterguidetext_rotatexml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Rotating Text</title>
<filename>/text/swriter/guide/text_rotate.xhp</filename>
</topic>
<history>
<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
<lastedited date="2005-11-28T11:40:00">FPE: Changed table to numbered list</lastedited>
</history>
</meta>
<body>
<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3155911"><bookmark_value>text; rotating</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>rotating;text</bookmark_value>
</bookmark>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3155911" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="65"><variable id="text_rotate"><link href="text/swriter/guide/text_rotate.xhp" name="Rotating Text">Rotating Text</link>
</variable></paragraph>
<list type="ordered">
<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147410" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="66">You can only rotate text that is contained in a drawing object.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153130" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="67">Choose <emph>View - Toolbars- Drawing</emph> to open the <emph>Drawing </emph>toolbar.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149866" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="68">Select the <link href="text/shared/02/01140000.xhp" name="Text"><emph>Text</emph></link> icon 
<image id="img_id3149600" src="res/commandimagelist/sc_texttoolbox.png" width="5.64mm" height="5.64mm"><alt id="alt_id3149600" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
	</image>.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149590" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="69">Drag in your document to draw the text object, and then type your text.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154415" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="71">Click outside of the object, then click the text you entered. Click the <link href="text/shared/02/05090000.xhp" name="Object Rotation Mode"><emph>Rotate</emph></link> icon 
<image id="img_id3145405" src="res/commandimagelist/sc_toggleobjectrotatemode.png" width="5.64mm" height="5.64mm"><alt id="alt_id3145405" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
	</image> on the <emph>Drawing Object Properties</emph> toolbar.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154252" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="72">Drag one of the corner handles of the text object.</paragraph>
</listitem>
</list>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154844" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="73">You can also right-click the text object, choose <emph>Position and Size</emph>, click the <emph>Rotation</emph> tab, and then enter a rotation angle or a new position for the object.</paragraph>
<section id="relatedtopics">
<embed href="text/swriter/guide/text_emphasize.xhp#text_emphasize"/>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155888" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="74"><link href="text/shared/02/01140000.xhp" name="Show Draw Functions">Show Draw Functions</link></paragraph>
</section>
</body>
</helpdocument>