Changing Character Direction

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Sometimes changing the direction of text on a slide creates a unique or special effect that causes the audience to remember it. In PowerPoint, you can rotate all text in an object 90 and 270 degrees or stack letters on top of one another (New!) to create the look you want. For a more exact rotation, which you cannot achieve in 90 or 270 degree increments, you can drag the green rotate lever at the top of an object to rotate it to any position. This is useful when you want to change the orientation of an object, such as the direction of an arrow.

Quickly Change Character Direction

Select the text you want to format.

Click the Home tab.

Click the Character Direction button, and then click one of the following:

• Horizontal to align text normally across the slide from left to right.

• Rotate all text 90° to align text vertically down the slide from top to bottom.

• Rotate all text 270° to align text vertically down the slide from bottom to top.

• Stacked to align text vertically down the slide one letter on top of another.

• More Options to select additional options, such as alignment, direction or resize shape to fit text.

If necessary, resize text box.

See Also

See "Rotating and Flipping a Shape" on page 144 for information on rotating an object using the green rotate lever.