Changing the Orientation of Text

Word provides you with the capability of changing the orientation of your text, provided that the text is within an AutoShape, text box, or table cell. This means that you can rotate this type of text ninety degrees, in either direction, from its normal appearance.

To change text orientation, select the AutoShape, text box, or table cell that contains the text whose orientation you want to change. When you do so, Word displays a Ribbon tab specific to whatever you selected. That Ribbon tab should have a control, somewhere on it, named Text Direction. (If it is not visible on the Ribbon tab, check to see if there are two special Ribbon tabs for the object you selected. If so, chances are good that the Text Direction control is on the other tab.)

Click the Text Direction control, and the text in the object is rotated to a different direction. Keep clicking, and Word steps through the available orientations until you get to the one you want.