On 4/27/06, G. Roderick Singleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2006-04-27 at 09:55 -0600, Lobo wrote: > > On 4/27/06, CPHennessy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wed April 26 2006 18:55, + Alicia Araya wrote: > > > > I am getting very frustrated with this program. THe simple ability to > > > > construct vertical text boxes eludes me/ Something so simple in > Windows is > > > > impossible here. I click on all the appropriate buttons, consult the > > > > impossible-to-understand help document, all to no avail. > > > > > > > > is this something o.o simply is not capable of doing? > > > > > > As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: > > > On Thu April 27 2006 01:22, Bill Flanagan wrote: > > > > Are you working on slides.ppt? If so, construct a text box > > > > horizontally, then select it, and rotate it. > > > > Haven't tried vertical text in word processing, but I expect you could > > > > import from a slide. > > > > > > Also if the problem continues, please tell us the version of > OpenOffice.org > > > you are using, the operating system and exactly where you experience the > > > problem (from the above it is not clear if your problem is in Writer, > Calc, > > > or Impress). > > > > > I've had the same problem with Writer, using the latest version of OOo > > (2.0.2) as well as previous versions, on WinXP (with and without SP2) > > and on Linux. I can sometimes get the (plain English) text to display > > vertically on screen, but it absolutely will not print in any > > orientation other than horizontal. > > Worksforme. So now we need a better description of what you really want > to do. For example, do you simply want to rotate text 90 or 270 degrees > or are you attempting something else? Please explain. > I can't speak for the other person, but I personally want to rotate text 90, 180 or 270 degrees. This is sometimes in combination with other text on the same page that hasn't been rotated. I haven't been able to get it to work once in Writer.
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