Changing text from horizontal to vertical

[Scouser]

Hi

I want to change a block of text. or write text so it is it's horizontal layout but flipped 90 degrees. Like the attached image.

But can't work out how to do it and the guides I am finding are for other layouts.

Any help would be good

Thanks

[Old Bruce]

If you use the Move tool (the black arrow) you should be able to select the text frame and then rotate the text frame 90 degrees manually with the rotation handle at the top. Or using the Transform panel if the text frame is selected in the Layers panel.

[Scouser]

Thanks @Old Bruce Those both work but in turning the text box the text stays in the original layout.

[paleolith]

I think screenshots would help -- your object(s) before and after transformation, and your layers panel.

[Scouser]

Thanks @paleolith screenshots attached

You will see the before and after here and again, what I want is for the text to align horizontally as in the example added here also.

Thanks for your help

[thomaso]

41 minutes ago, Scouser said:

what I want is for the text to align horizontally

Align to what? And does "horizontally" refer to the un-rotated or the rotated result / to the text frame relative to other layout objects or to the text within its frame? What do you expect to be different in the rotated version?

For example, do you mean horizontal justification for each line of text (> "Justify All") … or to fill the text frame's height vertically for instance (> "Justify Vertically")?

[paleolith]

2 hours ago, Scouser said:

the text to align [...] as in the example

To me, your "after" screenshot and your "example" appear to have the same orientation of the text -- IOW text that was originally in normal reading orientation and was rotated 90 degrees left. You need to give us a "before" of the example. (Your screenshot was helpful in clarifying that this is a simple text frame, not a combination of objects.)

You used the words "flipped 90 degrees". I'm not sure what you mean, since in graphics "flip" usually refers to a reversal rather than a rotation. Do you mean you want to change the text from horizontal to vertical (as in your before and after) but retain the height and width of the text frame? If this is the case, just use the Transform panel, selecting center rotation (middle of the nine dots), then Rotation, then Height and Width. I've done this in my attachments. (You could do the same with the mouse, but the Transform panel enables you to specify measurements exactly and perhaps makes it clearer what exactly the transformatoin is..)

Right now, we have your original example with only the "desired after" and not the "before". We have your screenshots of your "before" and "undesired after". Please fill in the gap with either the "example before" or a mockup of the "desired after", or both.

[Scouser]

Thanks @paleolith the transform panel with center rotation did the trick. As I learn the right terminology will come 🙂