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Carl - 27 Nov 2003 23:02 GMT

Word 2002: how do I convert a letter or piece of text
into an image which I can rotate etc? Thanx.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill - 28 Nov 2003 00:56 GMT

You can copy and Paste Special as Picture, but it won't look quite like real
text. A better approach is to use WordArt (which also never looks quite like
ordinary text, but it's a lot easier to work with).

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> Word 2002: how do I convert a letter or piece of text
> into an image which I can rotate etc? Thanx.

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- 28 Nov 2003 01:40 GMT

Thanks Su,
I had looked in Wordart but that seems to give me only
set designes which look very mickey mouse to me.
I'll try this copy paste thing, but there must be a way
to capture an elaborate design made from letters into a
graphic and then enhance it further.
Wordart is kids stuff.
But thanks again
Carl

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- 28 Nov 2003 02:27 GMT

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>Word 2002: how do I convert a letter or piece of text
>into an image which I can rotate etc? Thanx.

<Ctrl<A> to select all
<Ctrl<C> to copy
Select new document
Select Edit|PasteSpecial as Picture

Cheers

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- 28 Nov 2003 10:45 GMT

Thanx! So saimple.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill - 28 Nov 2003 15:52 GMT

And exactly the same answer I gave yesterday. <g>

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macropod - 29 Nov 2003 06:02 GMT

Hi Carl,

If you only want to rotate your text in 90deg increments, you can put into a
text box. Once there, you get options for changing the text direction.
Compared to picture conversions, this has the advantage of much higher
resolution and the text remains editable.

Cheers

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