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    <title id="tit">Rotating Text</title>
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    <h1 id="hd_id3155911"><variable id="text_rotate"><link href="text/swriter/guide/text_rotate.xhp">Rotating Text</link></variable></h1>
    <paragraph id="par_id3147410" role="paragraph">You can only rotate text that is contained in a <link href="text/shared/02/01140000.xhp">drawing object</link>.</paragraph>
    <paragraph id="S900001" role="paragraph">To illustrate this functionality we choose a text box in the example below.</paragraph>
    <paragraph id="S900002" role="paragraph">You can choose whatever <link href="text/shared/02/01140000.xhp">drawing object</link> fits your need from the <menuitem>Drawing</menuitem> toolbar.</paragraph>
    <list type="ordered">
      <listitem><paragraph id="par_id3153130" role="listitem">Choose <menuitem>View - Toolbars - Drawing</menuitem> to open the <menuitem>Drawing</menuitem> toolbar.</paragraph></listitem>
      <listitem><paragraph id="par_id3149866" role="listitem">Select the <menuitem>Insert Text Box</menuitem> <image id="img_id3149600" src="cmd/sc_texttoolbox.png" width="6mm" height="6mm"><alt id="alt_id3149600">Icon Insert Text Box</alt></image> icon.</paragraph></listitem>
      <listitem><paragraph id="par_id3149590" role="listitem">Drag in your document to draw the text object, and then type your text.</paragraph></listitem>
      <listitem><paragraph id="par_id3154415" role="listitem">Click outside of the object to close the text box.</paragraph>
      <paragraph id="S900003" role="paragraph">Click on the text you entered.</paragraph></listitem>
      <listitem><paragraph id="S900004" role="listitem">Click the <link href="text/shared/02/05090000.xhp"><menuitem>Rotate</menuitem></link> <image id="img_id3145405" src="cmd/sc_toggleobjectrotatemode.png" width="6mm" height="6mm"><alt id="alt_id3145405">Icon Toggle Object Rotate Mode</alt></image> icon on the <menuitem>Drawing Object Properties</menuitem> toolbar.</paragraph></listitem>
      <listitem><paragraph id="par_id3154252" role="listitem">Drag one of the corner handles of the text object.</paragraph></listitem>
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    <tip id="par_id3154844">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.</tip>
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    <paragraph id="par_id3155888" role="paragraph"><link href="text/shared/02/01140000.xhp">Show Draw Functions</link></paragraph>
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