

In the Page Setup dialog box, choose the Layout tab. In the Page Setup group, select the Page Setup dialog launcher (which is located in the lower-right corner of the group). Go to the Layout tab (or Page Layout, depending on the version of Word). The Format cells dialog box opens to the Alignment tab. Open the Word document in which you want to vertically align the text. 2) Click the dialog box launcher in the Alignment group. You can use the Alignment tab in the Format Cells dialog box to manually set the text direction. The Rotate Text Up option sets the text to 90 degrees, the Rotate Text Down option sets the text to -90 degrees, and the default orientation - horizontal - is 0 degrees. Excel measures the direction of text in degrees. Excel changes the text direction. The following graphics illustrate the five direction options listed on the menu. Your mouse pointer then turns into a pencil icon when you hold it over the document area. Then choose the Draw Table command from the drop-down menu. Then click the Table button in the Tables button group. Now simply size the text box to the desired size and move into position and apply one of Word’s new text box styles and you’re done. Click it to rotate the text to the desired orientation. Click the down-arrow next to the Orientation button in the Alignment group. To draw a table in Word, click the Insert tab in the Ribbon. Type your text in the text box then click Text Box Tools > Format and locate the Text Direction button.You can change the text direction by clicking the Orientation button and then choosing a direction option from the Orientation menu.

In Excel, when entering text in English, by default, text reads from left to right and is horizontal. Author: Sharlie Last modified: November 19 2015
