The good thing is that this article talks about how to rotate text in Microsoft ® Word in just simple understandable steps. How to Rotate Text in Word Upside Down To rotate text in Word is just so easy and can be achieved in just a short time.
- Microsoft Word 2013 isn't a toy, but there are many ways to have fun with the program. In addition to coloring and formatting text, you can rotate text and turn it upside-down.
- Note: To rotate text in Word for Mac, you must first place the text in a text box, and then rotate the text box. On the View menu, click Print Layout. Click the object that you want to rotate or flip, and then, depending on the kind of object that you clicked, click the Format tab or the Format Picture tab.
This procedure is fully applicable to: Office 2019, 2016, 2013, 2010, 365; It was tested on Windows 10,8, 7 and MAC OSX 10.13
Last updated: February 2010
Here’s a question we got from our reader, Matilda:
I have a bunch of formatted text letters and pictures created in my Word document which i want to mirror. I understand that there are several ways to do that. Could you explain how should i “reverse” and then print my document text?
Thanks for the question. Microsoft Word allows you to easily rotate and flip text written in your document. In this tutorial we’ll explain using text formatted with WordArt, however you can use the same technique in order to mirror, flip and rotate any text box as well. Many of the following steps work also on PowerPoint and can be helpful in case you want to flip pictures (stored in your computer or online images) to create more professional presentation slides.
Mirror and Reverse text in Word
We’ll first going to go ahead and insert some WordArt text that we’ll use in this post. Remember that you are able to insert any text box (Insert>>Text Box), and photos (Insert>> Pictures) and mirror them in the same way we outline below.
Go ahead and follow these steps:
- Open your Word 2016 document, in the upper ribbon, hit Insert and select your preferred Word Art formatting.
- Enter your text and hit on Format.
- Select Shape effects drop down box and in the 3-D Rotation, select 3-D Rotation options..
- In the X Rotation fix the value to 180° and other rotations as 0° to mirror the text.
- In the Y Rotation fix the value to 180° and other rotations as 0° to make the text mirrored and upside down.
- In the Z Rotation fix the value to 180° and other rotations as 0° to just make the text upside down.
Rotate text on MAC OSX
- In your MAC, go ahead and open Microsoft Word
- Navigate to your document
- Hit Insert, the select Word Art
- Type your text
- Hit the Shape Format tab
- Select Format Pane
- Now, select Text Options
- Then in the middle tab select the 3D – Rotation tab, set the X Rotation to 180 degrees to mirror your text.
Flipping text in Microsoft Word:
- Open Word 2016, hit Insert and select your preferred Word Art.
- Enter your text and click Rotate drop down box in the format ribbon.
- Click on the Flip Vertically to flip the text object vertically.
- Click on the Flip Horizontally to flip the text upside down
- Rotate 90° to the right, and you’ll get vertical text in your Word page.
- Rotate Left 90° will make the text rotate 90° on to the left.
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Microsoft Word includes many powerful tools for creating the documents you need in your business, whether you're preparing a short handout for a meeting or compiling a lengthy report. Among the more basic features in Word is the page orientation setting, which you might wish to change occasionally from the default. A vertical page, or one that is taller than it is wide, is in 'portrait' orientation, while a document displayed horizontally is in 'landscape' orientation. You can change page orientation very easily, although the process will differ slightly, depending on whether you want to change the entire document to landscape or just a portion of it.
Full Document
1.Open your Word document if it's not open already.
2.Click the 'Page Layout' tab near the top of the window.
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Click the 'Orientation' option in the 'Page Setup' group, within the 'Page Layout' tab. A list of options will appear.
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Partial Document
1.Open your Word document if it's not open already.
2.
Highlight the text throughout your document on the pages you want to change to landscape. Do this by clicking and dragging your mouse cursor.
3.Click the 'Page Layout' tab near the top of the window.
4.Click the 'Margins' option in the 'Page Setup' group, within the 'Page Layout' tab. A list of options will appear.
5.Click 'Custom Margins.' The Page Setup window opens.
6.Click the 'Margins' tab if it's not selected already; then click the 'Landscape' option.
7.Click the drop-down menu beside the 'Apply to' option. Click 'Selected text.'
Tips
- Any items you've already placed in Word, such as photos or SmartArt, will change automatically to match the new landscape orientation of the selected pages.
- If you need to change all of the pages to landscape from a certain point forward, you don't have to highlight the text on those pages. Simply place your cursor on the first page that you want to change to landscape and select 'From this point forward' in the Page Setup window.
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A lover of technology in all forms, Matt Skaggs began writing professionally in 2010, specializing in Windows computers and Android devices. His writing has appeared on many websites providing a plethora of technology information and tutorials. In 2008 Skaggs graduated from Bob Jones University with a Bachelor of Arts in humanities.
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