Upside-down text in Word and Excel.

Occasionally it's useful to have text upside-down in Word or Excel,
especially when it is an answer to a question or test. The current solution
of converting the text to a graphic just so it can be turned upside-down is
fiddly, and Publisher is not an option.

Format -> Text Direction... -> Orientation would be better in Word if it had
upside-down as an option.

Format Cells -> Alignment -> Orientation would be better in Excel with a
full 360 degrees to rotate the text.

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Select the area you want to invert (not just the cells). shft-Edit > Copy
Picture > As shown on screen. Then paste the picture anywhere on the sheet.
The picture can be rotated to any arbitrary angle.
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Gary's Student


"James" wrote:

> Occasionally it's useful to have text upside-down in Word or Excel,
> especially when it is an answer to a question or test. The current solution
> of converting the text to a graphic just so it can be turned upside-down is
> fiddly, and Publisher is not an option.
>
> Format -> Text Direction... -> Orientation would be better in Word if it had
> upside-down as an option.
>
> Format Cells -> Alignment -> Orientation would be better in Excel with a
> full 360 degrees to rotate the text.
>
> ----------------
> This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
> suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
> Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
> link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
> click "I Agree" in the message pane.
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...lic.excel.misc

> Occasionally it's useful to have text upside-down in Word or Excel,
> especially when it is an answer to a question or test. The current
> solution of converting the text to a graphic just so it can be turned
> upside-down is fiddly, and Publisher is not an option. ...

One way:
Insert > Picture > Word Art

You can choose a font and a "look." When done, click "OK".

To rotate the text, first select it and the "WordArt" dialog box will pop
up. One of its buttons is "Free Rotate."