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Wallace - 10 Mar 2006 14:25 GMT

A table is displayed in landscape (Word 2003). We want to display that same
table in portrait by rotating the table 90 degrees on the page. Changing text
direction changes the orientation of the columns on the page and wholly
changes the table. Text boxes don't seem to help either; and when the table
is inserted in a drawing object, the object rotates but the table does not.
We finally ended up converting the table to a .pdf file and rotating the page
90 degrees. As usual, the .pdf is kind of washed out and lacks the clarity of
the other tables.

This should not be that difficult a task --- what am I missing?

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Cooz - 10 Mar 2006 15:20 GMT

Hi Wallace,

It is that difficult a task.
Create a screendump on your clipboard (press Print Scrn) when the entire
table is visible on your screen (you can use View | Full Screen), and paste
it in Paint. Remove the surroundings of the table, rotate it and save it. In
Word, choose Insert | Picture > From File...

This is more or less the same as what you did with the pdf, but maybe you
get a better result this way.

Good luck,
Cooz
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> A table is displayed in landscape (Word 2003). We want to display that same
> table in portrait by rotating the table 90 degrees on the page. Changing text
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> This should not be that difficult a task --- what am I missing?

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