Can I write upside down in MS Word?

BaileyB

Hi,

And before anyone says to turn it around, that's not what i mean

I am wanting to print a sticker that then folds over a cover. So top half will be facing you and then the other side of the sticker is on the back.

Now is there a way i can print it so it looks the right way up when i fold it over?

Hopefully you understand what i mean, and i know i can print 2 labels and be easier, but it will look a lot better with a single label.

Thanks

esuhl

You could type some text into MS Paint, rotate 180 degrees, save as an image and import into Word...

Owain_Moneysaver

No, you can't.

There are some workarounds as described here, generally use the select-the-text, copy, paste-special-as-picture method, depending on which version of Word you have.

You can do it in Powerpoint, if you have Powerpoint.

tronator

BaileyB wrote: »

Hi,

And before anyone says to turn it around, that's not what i mean

I am wanting to print a sticker that then folds over a cover. So top half will be facing you and then the other side of the sticker is on the back.

Now is there a way i can print it so it looks the right way up when i fold it over?

Hopefully you understand what i mean, and i know i can print 2 labels and be easier, but it will look a lot better with a single label.

Thanks

You could do it in Excel and angle the text 180 degrees.

Loanranger

Try this
http://writeupsidedown.com/ :cool:

kitschkitty

In Word you can change the direction of text in a text box.

You can have it normal, reading from bottom to top (-90 degrees) and also reading from top to bottom (+90 degrees), but you can't do upside down text (180 degrees).

So if you do one box and rotate the text +90 degrees and another text box -90 degrees you get what you need. (in the text box menu/options it's text direction).

Think left and right not up and down!

kitschkitty

Incidentally trying to use any text as an image inserted into word will result in it printing out fuzzy compared to normal text (I know I tried)! Illustrator does text at any angle, but if you've never used it before it takes a bit of time to work out what you're doing!

debitcardmayhem

Use the trial version office 2010 from Microsoft.au/pommie-print.

parallax_20

Similar to kitschkitty's suggest, but try using WordArt instead of a normal Text Box.

In Word 2003.

1. Go to Insert|Picture|WordArt
2. Select a style.
3. Enter some text.
4. Right click on WordArt box. Select Format WordArt.
5. Click on "Size" tab, and set the "Rotation" to 180 degrees.

Sorry I couldn't upload a picture to illustrate this. I can't seem to upload an image directly to the forum.

Loanranger

parallax_20 wrote: »

Similar to kitschkitty's suggest, but try using WordArt instead of a normal Text Box.

In Word 2003.

1. Go to Insert|Picture|WordArt
2. Select a style.
3. Enter some text.
4. Right click on WordArt box. Select Format WordArt.
5. Click on "Size" tab, and set the "Rotation" to 180 degrees.

Sorry I couldn't upload a picture to illustrate this. I can't seem to upload an image directly to the forum.

I, too, would like to know how to do this, please. Can someone knowledgeable give instructions?
Also, how to upload a link and overwrite it with a word, eg 'here'.
Thanks.

[Deleted User]

Hi,

to insert a picture you need to upload it first to the like of Photobucket, have a look at this thread.

To insert a link:

copy your link, type whatever word you want, say rainbow, highlight it, click on link icon, wee globe with chain link and paste in box.

If you want to be fancy you can change colour and embold, rainbow.