> -----Original Message----- > From: Cley Faye [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 10:05 AM > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] [Draw] Confused about how to render > rotated text > > 2014-05-14 17:55 GMT+02:00 KARR, DAVID <[email protected]>: > > > I can't figure out how to render a short piece of rotated text. The > > instructions I saw referred to a "text" icon. In the Draw app the only > one > > that comes close is the "Label Field" in the "Form Controls" toolbar. > The > > later instructions for selecting that for rotation just don't work. > > > > What am I missing? > > > > Writing rotated text in Draw: > 1 - In the "Drawing" toolbar, select the text icon (if the Drawing toolbar > is not visible, show it first from the Display->Toolbars menu): > http://i.imgur.com/n52PGyo.png > 2 - Place your text somewhere > 3 - Right click in the hashed outline of the text object, then select > "Position and sizing" (not sure about the english translation, but you get > the idea) > 4 - In the "Rotation tab, you can set the angle you want ( > http://i.imgur.com/wB1ZQkg.png) > > And the result: http://i.imgur.com/rucFDqj.png > > I believe this answer your question.
Sigh. My main disconnect was that I never thought to look at the bottom of the window where the "Drawing" toolbar shows. Once I found that, these instructions worked fine. Thanks. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
