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How to reverse text direction in Word?

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Maybe in some special cases, you need to reverse the text direction in a Word document, how will you get it done? Now this tutorial is talking about the methods on reverseing text direction.

Reverse text with Text Box

Reverse text with Word Art

Reverse text with Paint Tool

Original text Arrow Reversed text

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Reverse text with Text Box

Step 1. Click Insert > Text Box, select any style of the text box, and then typing the text you need in the text box. See screenshot:

Text Box button on the Insert tab on the ribbon

Step 2. Click the text box and click Format > Shape Outline > No Outline, and the outline of the text box is deleted. See screenshots:

No Outline option on the Format tab on the ribbon

Text box with border Arrow Text box with border removed

Step 3. Then click the text box and right click to select Format Shape from the right-clicking menu, now a Foemat Shape dialog is popping up. See screenshot:

Format Shape option on the right-clicking menu
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Format Shape dialog box

Step 4. Clcik 3-D Rotation in the left pane, and type 180Β° in X text box under the Rotation section. See screenshot:

Format Shape dialog box with 3-D Rotation tab selected and 180 entered in X input box

Step 5. Click Fill > No fill, then click Close. See screenshot:

Format Shape dialog box with Fill tab selected and No fill option selected

The reversed texts are shown as below:

Original text Arrow Reversed text

Reverse text with Word Art

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Step 1. Click Insert > Word Art, select any style of the text box, and then typing the text you need in the box. See screenshot:

Word Art options on the ribbon

Step 2. Then click the box and right clcik to select Format Shape from the right-clicking menu. Now a Format Shape dialog is popped up.

Format Shape option on the right-clicking menu
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Format Shape dialog

Step 3. Clcik 3-D Rotation in the left pane, and type 180Β° in X text box under the Rotation section. Then clcik Fill > No fill, clcik Close.

Format Shape dialog box with 3-D Rotation tab selected and 180 entered in X input box
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Format Shape dialog box with Fill tab selected and No fill option selected

You can see the result:

Original text Arrow Reversed text

Reverse text with Paint Tool

Step 1. Copy the text to the Paint. See screenshot:

Text in the Paint window

Step 2. Select the text by clicking Select from the Image button, see screenshot:

Select from the Image button on the Home tab on the Paint ribbon

Step 3. Click Rotate > Flip horizontal, see screenshot:

Flip horizontal option on the Home tab on the Paint ribbon

Step 4. Then select and copy the text and then paste the reversed text to your Word document. See screenshots:

Original text Arrow Reversed text

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