Rotate text in OpenOffice
You can also rotate text in the free OpenOffice tool. This is useful, for example, if you want to create tear-off sheets with phone numbers. We show you how it works.
OpenOffice: Rotate text - how it works
To rotate text in the Writer, for example, do the following:
- Under "View" -> "Toolbars" activate the item "Draw". You can also follow all the steps in the picture gallery below.
- Now a horizontal bar appears under your text field, on which you will also find a capital "T". Click on it and create a text field.
- Fill in the text box as you wish. You can now freely rotate the text field by clicking on the "rotate symbol" in the bar above it.
- If you want to adjust your text more precisely, right-click on the text field and click on "Position and Size". Then select the "Rotation" tab. Here you can either specify a rotation in 15 degree steps or type in an exact value to the left of it.
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The bar is shown by default in OpenOffice 4. If the bar is still not visible, you can activate it as in the screenshot.
In addition to many other shapes such as lines, rectangles and circles, you can also select the symbol for a text field here.
If your rotation does not have to be accurate to the degree, you can use the "Rotate Tool". Simply click on the icon and then on the text field to rotate it.
In the top menu you can also specify exactly at which point your text field should be rotated.
