Flipped shape text box creates flipped text

[ekemp]

I want to create a text box from a flipped trapezoid (so the wider edge of the trapezoid is at the top of the shape) and add text.

However, if I flip the shape vertically to achieve this then add text, the text remains upside down.

[MickRose]

I can't see how to do it either using the shape tools.. If you create a shape with the pen tool or join an adjacent rectangle & triangle, then you can make this shape a text frame and get what you want.

[Guest]

Draw the trapeze, turn it over vertically. Draw a rectangle inside the trapeze. Select both shapes, do a Boolean operation "Add" to keep only the trapezoid. "Layer", "Convert to text shape", type the text.

or (conversely):

Draw the trapeze, turn it over vertically. Draw over a rectangle covering it completely. Select both shapes, do a Boolean "Intersection" operation to keep only the trapezius. "Layer", "Convert to text shape", type the text.

[ekemp]

Thanks both for your help. I've tried combining a triangle and a rectangle which succeeds in terms of getting the text the right way up. However, further down the text box it is snapping the text to the edge of the rectangle (see pic below).

Drawing the rectangle over the trapeze then performing the Boolean intersection worked though.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the feedback.