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24a213f9d9Smseidel<helpdocument version="1.0">
25cdf0e10cSrcweir<meta>
26cdf0e10cSrcweir<topic id="textswriterguidetext_rotatexml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
27cdf0e10cSrcweir<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Rotating Text</title>
28cdf0e10cSrcweir<filename>/text/swriter/guide/text_rotate.xhp</filename>
29cdf0e10cSrcweir</topic>
30cdf0e10cSrcweir</meta>
31cdf0e10cSrcweir<body>
32a213f9d9Smseidel<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3155911">
33a213f9d9Smseidel<bookmark_value>text; rotating</bookmark_value>
34cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>rotating;text</bookmark_value>
35cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark>
36*d399bfcaSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3155911" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U"><variable id="text_rotate"><link href="text/swriter/guide/text_rotate.xhp" name="Rotating Text">Rotating Text</link>
37cdf0e10cSrcweir</variable></paragraph>
38*d399bfcaSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147410" role="paragraph" l10n="U">You can only rotate text that is contained in a drawing object.</paragraph>
39cdf0e10cSrcweir<list type="ordered">
40cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
41*d399bfcaSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153130" role="listitem" l10n="CHG">Choose <item type="menuitem">View - Toolbars- Drawing</item> to open the <item type="menuitem">Drawing</item> toolbar.</paragraph>
42cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
43cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
44*d399bfcaSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149866" role="listitem" l10n="CHG">Select the <link href="text/shared/02/01140000.xhp" name="Text"><item type="menuitem">Text</item></link> icon
45cdf0e10cSrcweir<image id="img_id3149600" src="res/commandimagelist/sc_texttoolbox.png" width="0.222in" height="0.222in"><alt xml-lang="en-US" id="alt_id3149600">Icon</alt>
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47cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
48cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
49*d399bfcaSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149590" role="listitem" l10n="U">Drag in your document to draw the text object, and then type your text.</paragraph>
50cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
51cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
52*d399bfcaSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154415" role="listitem" l10n="CHG">Click outside of the object, then click the text you entered. Click the <link href="text/shared/02/05090000.xhp" name="Object Rotation Mode"><item type="menuitem">Rotate</item></link> icon
53cdf0e10cSrcweir<image id="img_id3145405" src="res/commandimagelist/sc_toggleobjectrotatemode.png" width="0.222in" height="0.222in"><alt xml-lang="en-US" id="alt_id3145405">Icon</alt>
54cdf0e10cSrcweir</image> on the <item type="menuitem">Drawing Object Properties</item> toolbar.</paragraph>
55cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
56cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
57*d399bfcaSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154252" role="listitem" l10n="U">Drag one of the corner handles of the text object.</paragraph>
58cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
59cdf0e10cSrcweir</list>
60*d399bfcaSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154844" role="tip" l10n="U">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>
61cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="relatedtopics">
62cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/swriter/guide/text_emphasize.xhp#text_emphasize"/>
63*d399bfcaSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155888" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG"><link href="text/shared/02/01140000.xhp" name="Show Draw Functions">Show Draw Functions</link></paragraph>
64cdf0e10cSrcweir</section>
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66cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument>
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