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    <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Rotating Text</title>
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  <bookmark_value>text; rotating</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3155911" role="heading" level="1" xml-lang="en-US"><variable id="text_rotate"><link href="text/swriter/guide/text_rotate.xhp" name="Rotating Text">Rotating Text</link></variable></paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3147410" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">You can only rotate text that is contained in a drawing object.</paragraph>

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    <paragraph id="par_id3153130" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Choose <item type="menuitem">View - Toolbars- Drawing</item> to open the <item type="menuitem">Drawing</item> toolbar.</paragraph>
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    <paragraph id="par_id3149866" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Select the <link href="text/shared/02/01140000.xhp" name="Text"><item type="menuitem">Text</item></link> icon <image id="img_id3149600" src="cmd/sc_texttoolbox.png" width="0.564cm" height="0.564cm"><alt xml-lang="en-US" id="alt_id3149600">Icon</alt></image>.</paragraph>
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    <paragraph id="par_id3149590" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Drag in your document to draw the text object, and then type your text.</paragraph>
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    <paragraph id="par_id3154415" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Click outside of the object, then click the text you entered. Click the <link href="text/shared/02/05090000.xhp" name="Object Rotation Mode"><item type="menuitem">Rotate</item></link> icon <image id="img_id3145405" src="cmd/sc_toggleobjectrotatemode.png" width="0.564cm" height="0.564cm"><alt xml-lang="en-US" id="alt_id3145405">Icon</alt></image> on the <item type="menuitem">Drawing Object Properties</item> toolbar.</paragraph>
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    <paragraph id="par_id3154252" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Drag one of the corner handles of the text object.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3154844" role="tip" xml-lang="en-US">You can also right-click the text object, choose <emph>Position and Size</emph>, click the <emph>Rotation</emph> tab, and then enter a rotation angle or a new position for the object.</paragraph>

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<paragraph id="par_id3155888" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/shared/02/01140000.xhp" name="Show Draw Functions">Show Draw Functions</link></paragraph>
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