On Thu, 2006-04-27 at 09:55 -0600, Lobo wrote: > On 4/27/06, CPHennessy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed April 26 2006 18:55, + Alicia Araya wrote: > > > I am getting very frustrated with this program. THe simple ability to > > > construct vertical text boxes eludes me/ Something so simple in Windows is > > > impossible here. I click on all the appropriate buttons, consult the > > > impossible-to-understand help document, all to no avail. > > > > > > is this something o.o simply is not capable of doing? > > > > As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: > > On Thu April 27 2006 01:22, Bill Flanagan wrote: > > > Are you working on slides.ppt? If so, construct a text box > > > horizontally, then select it, and rotate it. > > > Haven't tried vertical text in word processing, but I expect you could > > > import from a slide. > > > > Also if the problem continues, please tell us the version of OpenOffice.org > > you are using, the operating system and exactly where you experience the > > problem (from the above it is not clear if your problem is in Writer, Calc, > > or Impress). > > > I've had the same problem with Writer, using the latest version of OOo > (2.0.2) as well as previous versions, on WinXP (with and without SP2) > and on Linux. I can sometimes get the (plain English) text to display > vertically on screen, but it absolutely will not print in any > orientation other than horizontal.
Worksforme. So now we need a better description of what you really want to do. For example, do you simply want to rotate text 90 or 270 degrees or are you attempting something else? Please explain. -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
