Hi :) I'm sure we have all been there or somewhere very similar. Don't worry!
Welcome in btw :) Regards from Tom :) On 14 May 2014 18:27, KARR, DAVID <dk0...@att.com> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Cley Faye [mailto:cleyf...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 10:05 AM > > Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org > > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] [Draw] Confused about how to render > > rotated text > > > > 2014-05-14 17:55 GMT+02:00 KARR, DAVID <dk0...@att.com>: > > > > > I can't figure out how to render a short piece of rotated text. The > > > instructions I saw referred to a "text" icon. In the Draw app the only > > one > > > that comes close is the "Label Field" in the "Form Controls" toolbar. > > The > > > later instructions for selecting that for rotation just don't work. > > > > > > What am I missing? > > > > > > > Writing rotated text in Draw: > > 1 - In the "Drawing" toolbar, select the text icon (if the Drawing > toolbar > > is not visible, show it first from the Display->Toolbars menu): > > http://i.imgur.com/n52PGyo.png > > 2 - Place your text somewhere > > 3 - Right click in the hashed outline of the text object, then select > > "Position and sizing" (not sure about the english translation, but you > get > > the idea) > > 4 - In the "Rotation tab, you can set the angle you want ( > > http://i.imgur.com/wB1ZQkg.png) > > > > And the result: http://i.imgur.com/rucFDqj.png > > > > I believe this answer your question. > > Sigh. My main disconnect was that I never thought to look at the bottom > of the window where the "Drawing" toolbar shows. Once I found that, these > instructions worked fine. > > Thanks. > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
