I don't think you can do this in Word tables, but if you insert an Excel spreadsheet into a Word document (Insert tab > Tables > Excel Spreadsheet) you can then type in your heading in a cell. Then, right click the CELL and select 'Format Cells.' Then, goto the Alignment tab and specify the text angle on the right.
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You can enter text in your company's Microsoft Word files in two ways: directly into the body of the document or into a text box. Once you've inserted your text, how you go about formatting it varies depending on the method of insertion. To rotate text entered into the body of a document, take advantage of the Text Direction tool. To rotate words entered into a text box, take advantage of either the Rotate icon located at the top of the text box or the Format Shape dialog.
Rotate Entire Document
1.Click 'Format' on the main menu in Word to display a list of formatting tools and features.
2.Click 'Text Direction' to launch the Text Direction window.
Click the icon corresponding to the direction in which you want to rotate your text. You can rotate text 90 degrees clockwise or 90 degrees counterclockwise.
4.Click the 'OK' button to rotate your text in the chosen direction.
Rotate Text Box
1.Click the 'Text Box' icon in the Insert group on the Home tab to load the Text Box tool. By default, the Text Box tool writes horizontally. If you want to write vertically, click the down-facing arrow next to the Text Box icon and select 'Vertical Text Box.'
2.Click your mouse pointer at the location in which you want to insert the text box, click and drag your mouse to size the box, and then release your mouse to insert the text box.
3.Click your mouse pointer inside the text box and enter your text.
4.Click and drag the 'Rotate' icon located above the text box to manually rotate your text. The Rotate icon is a small green circle. When you hover your mouse over it, a circular icon with an arrow appears.
You can also rotate the text box via the Format Shape dialog. To load this dialog, click 'Format' on the main menu and select 'Shape.' Click 'Size' on the menu along the left side of the Format Shape dialog to view sizing and rotation settings. Click and drag the 'Rotation' wheel or input your desired rotation in degrees in the corresponding text box. Click 'OK' to apply your rotation.
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Click the icon corresponding to the direction in which you want to rotate your text. You can rotate text 90 degrees clockwise or 90 degrees counterclockwise.
4.Click the 'OK' button to rotate your text in the chosen direction.
Rotate Text Box
1.Click the 'Text Box' icon in the Insert group on the Home tab to load the Text Box tool. By default, the Text Box tool writes horizontally. If you want to write vertically, click the down-facing arrow next to the Text Box icon and select 'Vertical Text Box.'
2.Click your mouse pointer at the location in which you want to insert the text box, click and drag your mouse to size the box, and then release your mouse to insert the text box.
3.Click your mouse pointer inside the text box and enter your text.
4.Click and drag the 'Rotate' icon located above the text box to manually rotate your text. The Rotate icon is a small green circle. When you hover your mouse over it, a circular icon with an arrow appears.
You can also rotate the text box via the Format Shape dialog. To load this dialog, click 'Format' on the main menu and select 'Shape.' Click 'Size' on the menu along the left side of the Format Shape dialog to view sizing and rotation settings. Click and drag the 'Rotation' wheel or input your desired rotation in degrees in the corresponding text box. Click 'OK' to apply your rotation.
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- Information in this article applies to Word 2013. It may vary slightly or significantly with other versions or products.
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This procedure is fully applicable to: Office 2019, 2016, 2013, 2010, 365; It was tested on Windows 10,8, 7 and MAC OSX 10.13
Last updated: February 2010
Here's a question we got from our reader, Matilda:
I have a bunch of formatted text letters and pictures created in my Word document which i want to mirror. I understand that there are several ways to do that. Could you explain how should i 'reverse' and then print my document text?
Thanks for the question. Microsoft Word allows you to easily rotate and flip text written in your document. In this tutorial we'll explain using text formatted with WordArt, however you can use the same technique in order to mirror, flip and rotate any text box as well. Many of the following steps work also on PowerPoint and can be helpful in case you want to flip pictures (stored in your computer or online images) to create more professional presentation slides.
Mirror and Reverse text in Word
We'll first going to go ahead and insert some WordArt text that we'll use in this post. Remember that you are able to insert any text box (Insert>>Text Box), and photos (Insert>> Pictures) and mirror them in the same way we outline below.
Go ahead and follow these steps:
- Open your Word 2016 document, in the upper ribbon, hit Insert and select your preferred Word Art formatting.
- Enter your text and hit on Format.
- Select Shape effects drop down box and in the 3-D Rotation, select 3-D Rotation options..
- In the X Rotation fix the value to 180° and other rotations as 0° to mirror the text.
- In the Y Rotation fix the value to 180° and other rotations as 0° to make the text mirrored and upside down.
Rotating Text In Word
- In the Z Rotation fix the value to 180° and other rotations as 0° to just make the text upside down.
Microsoft Word Rotate Text 90 Degrees
Rotate text on MAC OSX
- In your MAC, go ahead and open Microsoft Word
- Navigate to your document
- Hit Insert, the select Word Art
- Type your text
- Hit the Shape Format tab
- Select Format Pane
- Now, select Text Options
- Then in the middle tab select the 3D – Rotation tab, set the X Rotation to 180 degrees to mirror your text.
Flipping text in Microsoft Word:
- Open Word 2016, hit Insert and select your preferred Word Art.
- Enter your text and click Rotate drop down box in the format ribbon.
- Click on the Flip Vertically to flip the text object vertically.
- Click on the Flip Horizontally to flip the text upside down
- Rotate 90° to the right, and you'll get vertical text in your Word page.
Microsoft Word Rotate Text Box 90 Degrees
- Rotate Left 90° will make the text rotate 90° on to the left.
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