On Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:17:57 -0800, NoOp wrote: > On 12/31/2009 01:45 PM, Mark C. Miller wrote: >> I recently needed to type some material vertically. It was for the >> "end" of binders. >> >> I spent half-an-hour in OOo trying to get the document to set to "no >> spacing"; couldn't do it. Ended up going to Word 07 and did it there. >> Took me all of two minutes. >> >> What am I missing in OOo? This is the first time in a year-and-a-half >> that I've had to go to Word to do something. It was very frustrating. >> My fingers didn't even want to click on the Word icon. >> >> I'm running OOo 3.1 on Ubuntu 9.10. > > Perhaps? > > <http://www.google.com/search?complete=0&hl=en&source=hp&q=openoffice+% 2Bvertical+text&btnG=Google+Search> > > <http://blogs.sun.com/oootnt/entry/writing_vertical_text>
When trying to follow the advise in the refs, I've run into a problem. The draw function has an option for Vertical Text. By default, it's not visible in the drawing toolbar. When I attempt to make it visible (check the box), my screen flashes quickly and then the drawing toolbar remains the same. Going back to see what is in the visible toolbar, vertial text is not checked. I did it several times with the same effect. I added other options (curve) and it "took". The only item that will not appear on the visible toolbar is the vertical text option -- the one I really want/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
