I blush! My age is showing!!! And my new meds.
I'll go look for that. Thanks.
Brian Barker wrote on 8/23/2014 1:12 AM:
> At 17:10 22/08/2014 -0400, Pikov Andropov wrote:
>>A friend was having trouble with this in WPS Office and asked if
>>LibreOffice could do better. He's printing some bridge table cards
>>and he wants SOUTH upside down at the top, North rightside up at the
>>bottom, and WEST and EAST "facing out" at the sides. That is, when
>>each player sits at the table, he sees (rightside up) a directional
>>name. Any ideas?
>
> Yes: see my reply (copied below) to your identical enquiry nine days
> ago! You know it works, because I sent you a sample document at the time.
>
> Brian Barker
>
> At 21:58 13/08/2014 +0100, Brian Barker wrote:
>>At 16:21 13/08/2014 -0400, Pikov Andropov wrote:
>>>I want to create a document of a layout of a bridge table. It
>>>should have the words, "NORTH", "EAST", "SOUTH" and "WEST" on the
>>>four edges, each facing outward.
>>
>>One way to do this is to use a text box:
>>o Go to View | Toolbars > | Drawing, to display the Drawing toolbar
>>at the foot of the window.
>>o Click the Text icon ("T") and drag a rectangular box in the document.
>>o Enter and style the required text.
>>o Click the text box to select it - so that it shows the coloured
>>border and the eight coloured handles.
>>o Right-click the box and go to Position and Size... | Rotation |
>>Rotation angle | Angle to set the orientation.
>>o Copy and paste the result to form the other necessary boxes. Note
>>that the copies will appear on top of the originals, so you will not
>>see the result of the Paste until you drag them to a new position.
>>
>>I trust this helps.
>>
>>Brian Barker
>
>
>
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