How to reverse text direction in Word?
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.
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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:
Step 2. Click the text box and click Format > Shape Outline > No Outline, and the outline of the text box is deleted. See screenshots:
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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:
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Step 4. Clcik 3-D Rotation in the left pane, and type 180° in X text box under the Rotation section. See screenshot:
Step 5. Click Fill > No fill, then click Close. See screenshot:
The reversed texts are shown as below:
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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:
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.
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Step 3. Clcik 3-D Rotation in the left pane, and type 180° in X text box under the Rotation section. Then clcik Fill > No fill, clcik Close.
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You can see the result:
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Reverse text with Paint Tool
Step 1. Copy the text to the Paint. See screenshot:
Step 2. Select the text by clicking Select from the Image button, see screenshot:
Step 3. Click Rotate > Flip horizontal, see screenshot:
Step 4. Then select and copy the text and then paste the reversed text to your Word document. See screenshots:
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