<p class="Head1"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="1" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="text; rotating in cells" tag="kw68107_1" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="cells; rotating text" tag="kw68107_5" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="rotating; text in cells" tag="kw68107_4" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="text; slanting in cells" tag="kw68107_3" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="text; writing vertically in cells" tag="kw68107_2" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:to-be-embedded Eid="text_rotate" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:link Id="68107">Rotating Text</help:link></help:to-be-embedded></p>
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<p class="P2"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="2" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Select the cells whose text you want to rotate.</p>
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<p class="P2"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="3" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Choose <span class="T1">Format - Cells</span>. You will see the <span class="T1">Format Cells</span> dialog.</p>
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<p class="P2"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="4" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Click the <span class="T1">Alignment</span> tab.</p>
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<p class="P2"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="5" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>In the <span class="T1">Text direction</span> area use the mouse to select in the preview wheel the direction in which the text is to be rotated. Click OK.</p>
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<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="6" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>In the <span class="T1">Text direction </span>area, if you press the <span class="T1">ABCD </span>button, the text is written vertically in the direction of the characters.</p>