Rotate Text and Table in Portrait Page in Word 2010?











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I have a portrait page that looks like the following:




Table 1.



Title of Table







Page 3 of 8




How can I rotate the above text and table 90 degrees counter-clockwise but NOT rotate "Page 3 of 8" so that "Table 1" is on the bottom-left of the portrait page and "Page 3 of 8" is on the bottom footer?



Or, if I change the page layout to landscape, how can I preserve a portrait header and footer?



This is the same question as here, except the solution provided requires a lot of manual tweaking and is not feasible for adjusting multiple pages. Is there a better solution?










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    I have a portrait page that looks like the following:




    Table 1.



    Title of Table







    Page 3 of 8




    How can I rotate the above text and table 90 degrees counter-clockwise but NOT rotate "Page 3 of 8" so that "Table 1" is on the bottom-left of the portrait page and "Page 3 of 8" is on the bottom footer?



    Or, if I change the page layout to landscape, how can I preserve a portrait header and footer?



    This is the same question as here, except the solution provided requires a lot of manual tweaking and is not feasible for adjusting multiple pages. Is there a better solution?










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      I have a portrait page that looks like the following:




      Table 1.



      Title of Table







      Page 3 of 8




      How can I rotate the above text and table 90 degrees counter-clockwise but NOT rotate "Page 3 of 8" so that "Table 1" is on the bottom-left of the portrait page and "Page 3 of 8" is on the bottom footer?



      Or, if I change the page layout to landscape, how can I preserve a portrait header and footer?



      This is the same question as here, except the solution provided requires a lot of manual tweaking and is not feasible for adjusting multiple pages. Is there a better solution?










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      I have a portrait page that looks like the following:




      Table 1.



      Title of Table







      Page 3 of 8




      How can I rotate the above text and table 90 degrees counter-clockwise but NOT rotate "Page 3 of 8" so that "Table 1" is on the bottom-left of the portrait page and "Page 3 of 8" is on the bottom footer?



      Or, if I change the page layout to landscape, how can I preserve a portrait header and footer?



      This is the same question as here, except the solution provided requires a lot of manual tweaking and is not feasible for adjusting multiple pages. Is there a better solution?







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          There is no way to rotate a table in Microsoft Word. The closest alternative is to transpose the table to make it look like it has been rotated. If this is suitable for you then this could be the solution.



          Otherwise you can achieve this by simply creating the page with the table as a landscape page but treating it as portrait when it's printed.



          You need to do something like this:





          1. Change the page setup for the current page to be landscape orientation.
            Use section breaks to stop the rest of the document from going landscape.




            • A quick way to do this is:


              1. type some text (it can be as little as a space character),

              2. select it,

              3. open the “Page Setup” dialog box,

              4. go to the “Margins” tab (it should start there by default),

              5. click “Landscape” under “Orientation”,

              6. choose “Selected text” from the “Apply to” drop-down menu,

              7. and click “OK”.




            (This creates the section breaks for you.)



          2. Make sure the table and its title are at the top left of the landscape page.
            This will actually be the bottom left part of the page
            when looking at the page in portrait.



          3. Add a text box in the left margin.




            1. Type “Page PAGE of NUMPAGES”,

            2. select “PAGE” and press Ctrl+F9,

            3. select “NUMPAGES” and press Ctrl+F9.

              The text should now look something like “Page { PAGE } of { NUMPAGES }
              because you have created fields that will display
              as the current page number and the page count.

            4. Select the entire phrase and press F9
              The text should now look like “Page 3 of 8”,
              because F9 updates fields, causing them to display their current value.

            5. Change the text direction in the text box to vertical,
              so it will appear normal (right-side-up) when the page is viewed as a portrait page.

            6. Adjust the size and position of the text box as you desire.


              • Note: if you’re going to do this on multiple pages,
                you can copy the entire text box and paste it into other pages.





          4. You may want to disable the real page footer, if any
            (because it will appear in landscape orientation).


          When the document is printed turn the landscape page in your hands back up to portrait and the table and text will appear rotated but the footer text appears straight.






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          • Not an ideal answer, since using the textbox for the page numbers is imprecise...but thanks for the effort!
            – SEL
            Jul 20 '12 at 10:59










          • @Sel I don’t understand why you accepted this answer, since it is very nearly the same as the accepted answer in the question you referenced, which you rejected as being too laborious.
            – Scott
            Jan 1 '14 at 23:28






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            @Scott True, but there's a lot of effort here, and it satisfies the criteria for an accepted answer.
            – SEL
            Jan 2 '14 at 21:32












          • you can't rotate the whole table but you can rotate a single cell easily, and paste a nested table into that cell if necesary
            – phuclv
            Sep 5 at 5:19


















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          Although you can't rotate a table in Word 2010, this link explains how to create the effect you're looking for: a page with a landscape oriented table and a portrait oriented footer...



          http://guides.lib.umich.edu/content.php?pid=245394&sid=2027967



          The key is to take advantage of the page number option in the Header & Footer group of the Insert tab, NOT the footer option. You create a page number in the margin, not the footer, and then change the orientation of the page number by 90 degrees clockwise to fit the portrait orientation of the page.






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            Why not simply enter a table, cut-paste it into a text box and rotate the text box? Or to obtain a transpose, copy the table, open Excel, paste the table. Once again select the table, press CTrl C and choose cells equivalent to the rows n columns a transpose will require, select Paste special-> Paste transpose from Paste drop down list. Transpose table would be pasted, copy that table and move back to Word and paste it.






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              You can create a vertical page number in a horizontal page. Just select the appropriate one in Insert > Page Number > Page Margins




              • Here if you select Vertical, Right it'll be properly displayed when rotated 90° counter clockwise, however the page number will be on top

              • To get a bottom page number you need to insert the Vertical, Left version and rotate the text 180° by selecting Format > Text Direction > Rotate all text 90°. You can see the option in the alternative textbox solution at the end of this answer


              page number on margin



              The default format will be page X but you can change it easily to page X of Y by entering "of" and select Insert > Quick Parts > Field > NumPages, or manipulating the field codes manually



              NumPages Field





              An alternative way is rotating a table cell. Just right click on the cell or click the Layout tab > Text Direction and select the correct rotation. The borders can be hidden if necessary



              Table cell direction



              A textbox can also be rotated. Draw a full-page textbox and rotate it using Format > Text Direction > Rotate all text 90°.



              Textbox direction






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                I had the same problem. So, instead of struggling with the page number options I did the following:




                1. I inserted a text box.


                2. I cut the table and pasted it into the text box. This is where the problems started, so be sure to have a couple of valiums at hand when you get to this part



                  Word then changed all the formatting on my table and slowed down my system considerably. I needed to reformat the whole table and it took ages. If you feel the pressing need to fix the table with a ten pound hammer, please step away from your PC.



                3. Now you can format the text box - i.e. change line colour, reshape etc.


                4. ROTATE THE TEXT BOX by using the green circle at the top centre of the text box. Voila!


                I think you can also convert your table into a picture by printing it as a jpeg and then inserting it into your document as a picture, by following Insert Picture From File. I think I will try this route next time.






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                • instead of rotating the text box, it's better to rotate the text inside the textbox. See my answer. And as said below, pasting the text as image is a very bad idea. Vector should always be preferred instead of bitmap, otherwise you'll quickly loose quality, especially when printing
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                The best solution I have found:




                • insert a Drawing Canvas (Menu, Insert, Illustration, Shapes, New Drawing Canvas at the bottom of the menu)

                • insert a Text Box inside the canvas (Menu, Insert, Illustration, Shapes, Basic Shapes, first element: Text Box)

                • copy the table and the text you want to rotate and paste it inside the textbox or, better, directly create inside the Text Box what you want rotated

                • select and rotate the Text Box (as explained by @phuclv in his answer)


                In the text flow, a Drawing Canvas works like a figure when either is inserted in a paragraph. You can center the paragraph, add space before or after the paragraph, etc.



                If the table does not fit the page, you can decrease the font. You can also play with the margins of the cells of the table.



                Of course, you could make a table in Excel and copy it in Word as a figure, and rotate it. But I guess that the previous solution has a better resolution/file weight ratio.






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                  I am using Excel 2013 and Word 2013.



                  Here is the steps to do it...




                  1. Copy the table from Word.

                  2. In Excel right click and select Special Paste option.


                  3. Window is open and select the option Picture (Enhanced Metafile)



                    paste special



                  4. After that you see in Top Center like Circular Arrow icon, click on it and try to rotate as many degrees you want.


                  5. Then copy the table and paste in Word document. That's It.






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                  • pasting text as image is a bad solution. You can't print or zoom out anymore without losing quality. And to rotate by a multiple of 90° the circle shouldn't be used, since it isn't exact. There are already various better ways rotate by exact degrees[
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                  There is no way to rotate a table in Microsoft Word. The closest alternative is to transpose the table to make it look like it has been rotated. If this is suitable for you then this could be the solution.



                  Otherwise you can achieve this by simply creating the page with the table as a landscape page but treating it as portrait when it's printed.



                  You need to do something like this:





                  1. Change the page setup for the current page to be landscape orientation.
                    Use section breaks to stop the rest of the document from going landscape.




                    • A quick way to do this is:


                      1. type some text (it can be as little as a space character),

                      2. select it,

                      3. open the “Page Setup” dialog box,

                      4. go to the “Margins” tab (it should start there by default),

                      5. click “Landscape” under “Orientation”,

                      6. choose “Selected text” from the “Apply to” drop-down menu,

                      7. and click “OK”.




                    (This creates the section breaks for you.)



                  2. Make sure the table and its title are at the top left of the landscape page.
                    This will actually be the bottom left part of the page
                    when looking at the page in portrait.



                  3. Add a text box in the left margin.




                    1. Type “Page PAGE of NUMPAGES”,

                    2. select “PAGE” and press Ctrl+F9,

                    3. select “NUMPAGES” and press Ctrl+F9.

                      The text should now look something like “Page { PAGE } of { NUMPAGES }
                      because you have created fields that will display
                      as the current page number and the page count.

                    4. Select the entire phrase and press F9
                      The text should now look like “Page 3 of 8”,
                      because F9 updates fields, causing them to display their current value.

                    5. Change the text direction in the text box to vertical,
                      so it will appear normal (right-side-up) when the page is viewed as a portrait page.

                    6. Adjust the size and position of the text box as you desire.


                      • Note: if you’re going to do this on multiple pages,
                        you can copy the entire text box and paste it into other pages.





                  4. You may want to disable the real page footer, if any
                    (because it will appear in landscape orientation).


                  When the document is printed turn the landscape page in your hands back up to portrait and the table and text will appear rotated but the footer text appears straight.






                  share|improve this answer























                  • Not an ideal answer, since using the textbox for the page numbers is imprecise...but thanks for the effort!
                    – SEL
                    Jul 20 '12 at 10:59










                  • @Sel I don’t understand why you accepted this answer, since it is very nearly the same as the accepted answer in the question you referenced, which you rejected as being too laborious.
                    – Scott
                    Jan 1 '14 at 23:28






                  • 1




                    @Scott True, but there's a lot of effort here, and it satisfies the criteria for an accepted answer.
                    – SEL
                    Jan 2 '14 at 21:32












                  • you can't rotate the whole table but you can rotate a single cell easily, and paste a nested table into that cell if necesary
                    – phuclv
                    Sep 5 at 5:19















                  up vote
                  1
                  down vote



                  accepted










                  There is no way to rotate a table in Microsoft Word. The closest alternative is to transpose the table to make it look like it has been rotated. If this is suitable for you then this could be the solution.



                  Otherwise you can achieve this by simply creating the page with the table as a landscape page but treating it as portrait when it's printed.



                  You need to do something like this:





                  1. Change the page setup for the current page to be landscape orientation.
                    Use section breaks to stop the rest of the document from going landscape.




                    • A quick way to do this is:


                      1. type some text (it can be as little as a space character),

                      2. select it,

                      3. open the “Page Setup” dialog box,

                      4. go to the “Margins” tab (it should start there by default),

                      5. click “Landscape” under “Orientation”,

                      6. choose “Selected text” from the “Apply to” drop-down menu,

                      7. and click “OK”.




                    (This creates the section breaks for you.)



                  2. Make sure the table and its title are at the top left of the landscape page.
                    This will actually be the bottom left part of the page
                    when looking at the page in portrait.



                  3. Add a text box in the left margin.




                    1. Type “Page PAGE of NUMPAGES”,

                    2. select “PAGE” and press Ctrl+F9,

                    3. select “NUMPAGES” and press Ctrl+F9.

                      The text should now look something like “Page { PAGE } of { NUMPAGES }
                      because you have created fields that will display
                      as the current page number and the page count.

                    4. Select the entire phrase and press F9
                      The text should now look like “Page 3 of 8”,
                      because F9 updates fields, causing them to display their current value.

                    5. Change the text direction in the text box to vertical,
                      so it will appear normal (right-side-up) when the page is viewed as a portrait page.

                    6. Adjust the size and position of the text box as you desire.


                      • Note: if you’re going to do this on multiple pages,
                        you can copy the entire text box and paste it into other pages.





                  4. You may want to disable the real page footer, if any
                    (because it will appear in landscape orientation).


                  When the document is printed turn the landscape page in your hands back up to portrait and the table and text will appear rotated but the footer text appears straight.






                  share|improve this answer























                  • Not an ideal answer, since using the textbox for the page numbers is imprecise...but thanks for the effort!
                    – SEL
                    Jul 20 '12 at 10:59










                  • @Sel I don’t understand why you accepted this answer, since it is very nearly the same as the accepted answer in the question you referenced, which you rejected as being too laborious.
                    – Scott
                    Jan 1 '14 at 23:28






                  • 1




                    @Scott True, but there's a lot of effort here, and it satisfies the criteria for an accepted answer.
                    – SEL
                    Jan 2 '14 at 21:32












                  • you can't rotate the whole table but you can rotate a single cell easily, and paste a nested table into that cell if necesary
                    – phuclv
                    Sep 5 at 5:19













                  up vote
                  1
                  down vote



                  accepted







                  up vote
                  1
                  down vote



                  accepted






                  There is no way to rotate a table in Microsoft Word. The closest alternative is to transpose the table to make it look like it has been rotated. If this is suitable for you then this could be the solution.



                  Otherwise you can achieve this by simply creating the page with the table as a landscape page but treating it as portrait when it's printed.



                  You need to do something like this:





                  1. Change the page setup for the current page to be landscape orientation.
                    Use section breaks to stop the rest of the document from going landscape.




                    • A quick way to do this is:


                      1. type some text (it can be as little as a space character),

                      2. select it,

                      3. open the “Page Setup” dialog box,

                      4. go to the “Margins” tab (it should start there by default),

                      5. click “Landscape” under “Orientation”,

                      6. choose “Selected text” from the “Apply to” drop-down menu,

                      7. and click “OK”.




                    (This creates the section breaks for you.)



                  2. Make sure the table and its title are at the top left of the landscape page.
                    This will actually be the bottom left part of the page
                    when looking at the page in portrait.



                  3. Add a text box in the left margin.




                    1. Type “Page PAGE of NUMPAGES”,

                    2. select “PAGE” and press Ctrl+F9,

                    3. select “NUMPAGES” and press Ctrl+F9.

                      The text should now look something like “Page { PAGE } of { NUMPAGES }
                      because you have created fields that will display
                      as the current page number and the page count.

                    4. Select the entire phrase and press F9
                      The text should now look like “Page 3 of 8”,
                      because F9 updates fields, causing them to display their current value.

                    5. Change the text direction in the text box to vertical,
                      so it will appear normal (right-side-up) when the page is viewed as a portrait page.

                    6. Adjust the size and position of the text box as you desire.


                      • Note: if you’re going to do this on multiple pages,
                        you can copy the entire text box and paste it into other pages.





                  4. You may want to disable the real page footer, if any
                    (because it will appear in landscape orientation).


                  When the document is printed turn the landscape page in your hands back up to portrait and the table and text will appear rotated but the footer text appears straight.






                  share|improve this answer














                  There is no way to rotate a table in Microsoft Word. The closest alternative is to transpose the table to make it look like it has been rotated. If this is suitable for you then this could be the solution.



                  Otherwise you can achieve this by simply creating the page with the table as a landscape page but treating it as portrait when it's printed.



                  You need to do something like this:





                  1. Change the page setup for the current page to be landscape orientation.
                    Use section breaks to stop the rest of the document from going landscape.




                    • A quick way to do this is:


                      1. type some text (it can be as little as a space character),

                      2. select it,

                      3. open the “Page Setup” dialog box,

                      4. go to the “Margins” tab (it should start there by default),

                      5. click “Landscape” under “Orientation”,

                      6. choose “Selected text” from the “Apply to” drop-down menu,

                      7. and click “OK”.




                    (This creates the section breaks for you.)



                  2. Make sure the table and its title are at the top left of the landscape page.
                    This will actually be the bottom left part of the page
                    when looking at the page in portrait.



                  3. Add a text box in the left margin.




                    1. Type “Page PAGE of NUMPAGES”,

                    2. select “PAGE” and press Ctrl+F9,

                    3. select “NUMPAGES” and press Ctrl+F9.

                      The text should now look something like “Page { PAGE } of { NUMPAGES }
                      because you have created fields that will display
                      as the current page number and the page count.

                    4. Select the entire phrase and press F9
                      The text should now look like “Page 3 of 8”,
                      because F9 updates fields, causing them to display their current value.

                    5. Change the text direction in the text box to vertical,
                      so it will appear normal (right-side-up) when the page is viewed as a portrait page.

                    6. Adjust the size and position of the text box as you desire.


                      • Note: if you’re going to do this on multiple pages,
                        you can copy the entire text box and paste it into other pages.





                  4. You may want to disable the real page footer, if any
                    (because it will appear in landscape orientation).


                  When the document is printed turn the landscape page in your hands back up to portrait and the table and text will appear rotated but the footer text appears straight.







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                  • Not an ideal answer, since using the textbox for the page numbers is imprecise...but thanks for the effort!
                    – SEL
                    Jul 20 '12 at 10:59










                  • @Sel I don’t understand why you accepted this answer, since it is very nearly the same as the accepted answer in the question you referenced, which you rejected as being too laborious.
                    – Scott
                    Jan 1 '14 at 23:28






                  • 1




                    @Scott True, but there's a lot of effort here, and it satisfies the criteria for an accepted answer.
                    – SEL
                    Jan 2 '14 at 21:32












                  • you can't rotate the whole table but you can rotate a single cell easily, and paste a nested table into that cell if necesary
                    – phuclv
                    Sep 5 at 5:19


















                  • Not an ideal answer, since using the textbox for the page numbers is imprecise...but thanks for the effort!
                    – SEL
                    Jul 20 '12 at 10:59










                  • @Sel I don’t understand why you accepted this answer, since it is very nearly the same as the accepted answer in the question you referenced, which you rejected as being too laborious.
                    – Scott
                    Jan 1 '14 at 23:28






                  • 1




                    @Scott True, but there's a lot of effort here, and it satisfies the criteria for an accepted answer.
                    – SEL
                    Jan 2 '14 at 21:32












                  • you can't rotate the whole table but you can rotate a single cell easily, and paste a nested table into that cell if necesary
                    – phuclv
                    Sep 5 at 5:19
















                  Not an ideal answer, since using the textbox for the page numbers is imprecise...but thanks for the effort!
                  – SEL
                  Jul 20 '12 at 10:59




                  Not an ideal answer, since using the textbox for the page numbers is imprecise...but thanks for the effort!
                  – SEL
                  Jul 20 '12 at 10:59












                  @Sel I don’t understand why you accepted this answer, since it is very nearly the same as the accepted answer in the question you referenced, which you rejected as being too laborious.
                  – Scott
                  Jan 1 '14 at 23:28




                  @Sel I don’t understand why you accepted this answer, since it is very nearly the same as the accepted answer in the question you referenced, which you rejected as being too laborious.
                  – Scott
                  Jan 1 '14 at 23:28




                  1




                  1




                  @Scott True, but there's a lot of effort here, and it satisfies the criteria for an accepted answer.
                  – SEL
                  Jan 2 '14 at 21:32






                  @Scott True, but there's a lot of effort here, and it satisfies the criteria for an accepted answer.
                  – SEL
                  Jan 2 '14 at 21:32














                  you can't rotate the whole table but you can rotate a single cell easily, and paste a nested table into that cell if necesary
                  – phuclv
                  Sep 5 at 5:19




                  you can't rotate the whole table but you can rotate a single cell easily, and paste a nested table into that cell if necesary
                  – phuclv
                  Sep 5 at 5:19












                  up vote
                  1
                  down vote













                  Although you can't rotate a table in Word 2010, this link explains how to create the effect you're looking for: a page with a landscape oriented table and a portrait oriented footer...



                  http://guides.lib.umich.edu/content.php?pid=245394&sid=2027967



                  The key is to take advantage of the page number option in the Header & Footer group of the Insert tab, NOT the footer option. You create a page number in the margin, not the footer, and then change the orientation of the page number by 90 degrees clockwise to fit the portrait orientation of the page.






                  share|improve this answer



























                    up vote
                    1
                    down vote













                    Although you can't rotate a table in Word 2010, this link explains how to create the effect you're looking for: a page with a landscape oriented table and a portrait oriented footer...



                    http://guides.lib.umich.edu/content.php?pid=245394&sid=2027967



                    The key is to take advantage of the page number option in the Header & Footer group of the Insert tab, NOT the footer option. You create a page number in the margin, not the footer, and then change the orientation of the page number by 90 degrees clockwise to fit the portrait orientation of the page.






                    share|improve this answer

























                      up vote
                      1
                      down vote










                      up vote
                      1
                      down vote









                      Although you can't rotate a table in Word 2010, this link explains how to create the effect you're looking for: a page with a landscape oriented table and a portrait oriented footer...



                      http://guides.lib.umich.edu/content.php?pid=245394&sid=2027967



                      The key is to take advantage of the page number option in the Header & Footer group of the Insert tab, NOT the footer option. You create a page number in the margin, not the footer, and then change the orientation of the page number by 90 degrees clockwise to fit the portrait orientation of the page.






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                      Although you can't rotate a table in Word 2010, this link explains how to create the effect you're looking for: a page with a landscape oriented table and a portrait oriented footer...



                      http://guides.lib.umich.edu/content.php?pid=245394&sid=2027967



                      The key is to take advantage of the page number option in the Header & Footer group of the Insert tab, NOT the footer option. You create a page number in the margin, not the footer, and then change the orientation of the page number by 90 degrees clockwise to fit the portrait orientation of the page.







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                          Why not simply enter a table, cut-paste it into a text box and rotate the text box? Or to obtain a transpose, copy the table, open Excel, paste the table. Once again select the table, press CTrl C and choose cells equivalent to the rows n columns a transpose will require, select Paste special-> Paste transpose from Paste drop down list. Transpose table would be pasted, copy that table and move back to Word and paste it.






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                            Why not simply enter a table, cut-paste it into a text box and rotate the text box? Or to obtain a transpose, copy the table, open Excel, paste the table. Once again select the table, press CTrl C and choose cells equivalent to the rows n columns a transpose will require, select Paste special-> Paste transpose from Paste drop down list. Transpose table would be pasted, copy that table and move back to Word and paste it.






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                              Why not simply enter a table, cut-paste it into a text box and rotate the text box? Or to obtain a transpose, copy the table, open Excel, paste the table. Once again select the table, press CTrl C and choose cells equivalent to the rows n columns a transpose will require, select Paste special-> Paste transpose from Paste drop down list. Transpose table would be pasted, copy that table and move back to Word and paste it.






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                              Why not simply enter a table, cut-paste it into a text box and rotate the text box? Or to obtain a transpose, copy the table, open Excel, paste the table. Once again select the table, press CTrl C and choose cells equivalent to the rows n columns a transpose will require, select Paste special-> Paste transpose from Paste drop down list. Transpose table would be pasted, copy that table and move back to Word and paste it.







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                                  You can create a vertical page number in a horizontal page. Just select the appropriate one in Insert > Page Number > Page Margins




                                  • Here if you select Vertical, Right it'll be properly displayed when rotated 90° counter clockwise, however the page number will be on top

                                  • To get a bottom page number you need to insert the Vertical, Left version and rotate the text 180° by selecting Format > Text Direction > Rotate all text 90°. You can see the option in the alternative textbox solution at the end of this answer


                                  page number on margin



                                  The default format will be page X but you can change it easily to page X of Y by entering "of" and select Insert > Quick Parts > Field > NumPages, or manipulating the field codes manually



                                  NumPages Field





                                  An alternative way is rotating a table cell. Just right click on the cell or click the Layout tab > Text Direction and select the correct rotation. The borders can be hidden if necessary



                                  Table cell direction



                                  A textbox can also be rotated. Draw a full-page textbox and rotate it using Format > Text Direction > Rotate all text 90°.



                                  Textbox direction






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                                    You can create a vertical page number in a horizontal page. Just select the appropriate one in Insert > Page Number > Page Margins




                                    • Here if you select Vertical, Right it'll be properly displayed when rotated 90° counter clockwise, however the page number will be on top

                                    • To get a bottom page number you need to insert the Vertical, Left version and rotate the text 180° by selecting Format > Text Direction > Rotate all text 90°. You can see the option in the alternative textbox solution at the end of this answer


                                    page number on margin



                                    The default format will be page X but you can change it easily to page X of Y by entering "of" and select Insert > Quick Parts > Field > NumPages, or manipulating the field codes manually



                                    NumPages Field





                                    An alternative way is rotating a table cell. Just right click on the cell or click the Layout tab > Text Direction and select the correct rotation. The borders can be hidden if necessary



                                    Table cell direction



                                    A textbox can also be rotated. Draw a full-page textbox and rotate it using Format > Text Direction > Rotate all text 90°.



                                    Textbox direction






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                                      You can create a vertical page number in a horizontal page. Just select the appropriate one in Insert > Page Number > Page Margins




                                      • Here if you select Vertical, Right it'll be properly displayed when rotated 90° counter clockwise, however the page number will be on top

                                      • To get a bottom page number you need to insert the Vertical, Left version and rotate the text 180° by selecting Format > Text Direction > Rotate all text 90°. You can see the option in the alternative textbox solution at the end of this answer


                                      page number on margin



                                      The default format will be page X but you can change it easily to page X of Y by entering "of" and select Insert > Quick Parts > Field > NumPages, or manipulating the field codes manually



                                      NumPages Field





                                      An alternative way is rotating a table cell. Just right click on the cell or click the Layout tab > Text Direction and select the correct rotation. The borders can be hidden if necessary



                                      Table cell direction



                                      A textbox can also be rotated. Draw a full-page textbox and rotate it using Format > Text Direction > Rotate all text 90°.



                                      Textbox direction






                                      share|improve this answer












                                      You can create a vertical page number in a horizontal page. Just select the appropriate one in Insert > Page Number > Page Margins




                                      • Here if you select Vertical, Right it'll be properly displayed when rotated 90° counter clockwise, however the page number will be on top

                                      • To get a bottom page number you need to insert the Vertical, Left version and rotate the text 180° by selecting Format > Text Direction > Rotate all text 90°. You can see the option in the alternative textbox solution at the end of this answer


                                      page number on margin



                                      The default format will be page X but you can change it easily to page X of Y by entering "of" and select Insert > Quick Parts > Field > NumPages, or manipulating the field codes manually



                                      NumPages Field





                                      An alternative way is rotating a table cell. Just right click on the cell or click the Layout tab > Text Direction and select the correct rotation. The borders can be hidden if necessary



                                      Table cell direction



                                      A textbox can also be rotated. Draw a full-page textbox and rotate it using Format > Text Direction > Rotate all text 90°.



                                      Textbox direction







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                                          I had the same problem. So, instead of struggling with the page number options I did the following:




                                          1. I inserted a text box.


                                          2. I cut the table and pasted it into the text box. This is where the problems started, so be sure to have a couple of valiums at hand when you get to this part



                                            Word then changed all the formatting on my table and slowed down my system considerably. I needed to reformat the whole table and it took ages. If you feel the pressing need to fix the table with a ten pound hammer, please step away from your PC.



                                          3. Now you can format the text box - i.e. change line colour, reshape etc.


                                          4. ROTATE THE TEXT BOX by using the green circle at the top centre of the text box. Voila!


                                          I think you can also convert your table into a picture by printing it as a jpeg and then inserting it into your document as a picture, by following Insert Picture From File. I think I will try this route next time.






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                                          • instead of rotating the text box, it's better to rotate the text inside the textbox. See my answer. And as said below, pasting the text as image is a very bad idea. Vector should always be preferred instead of bitmap, otherwise you'll quickly loose quality, especially when printing
                                            – phuclv
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                                          I had the same problem. So, instead of struggling with the page number options I did the following:




                                          1. I inserted a text box.


                                          2. I cut the table and pasted it into the text box. This is where the problems started, so be sure to have a couple of valiums at hand when you get to this part



                                            Word then changed all the formatting on my table and slowed down my system considerably. I needed to reformat the whole table and it took ages. If you feel the pressing need to fix the table with a ten pound hammer, please step away from your PC.



                                          3. Now you can format the text box - i.e. change line colour, reshape etc.


                                          4. ROTATE THE TEXT BOX by using the green circle at the top centre of the text box. Voila!


                                          I think you can also convert your table into a picture by printing it as a jpeg and then inserting it into your document as a picture, by following Insert Picture From File. I think I will try this route next time.






                                          share|improve this answer























                                          • instead of rotating the text box, it's better to rotate the text inside the textbox. See my answer. And as said below, pasting the text as image is a very bad idea. Vector should always be preferred instead of bitmap, otherwise you'll quickly loose quality, especially when printing
                                            – phuclv
                                            Sep 5 at 5:17













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                                          I had the same problem. So, instead of struggling with the page number options I did the following:




                                          1. I inserted a text box.


                                          2. I cut the table and pasted it into the text box. This is where the problems started, so be sure to have a couple of valiums at hand when you get to this part



                                            Word then changed all the formatting on my table and slowed down my system considerably. I needed to reformat the whole table and it took ages. If you feel the pressing need to fix the table with a ten pound hammer, please step away from your PC.



                                          3. Now you can format the text box - i.e. change line colour, reshape etc.


                                          4. ROTATE THE TEXT BOX by using the green circle at the top centre of the text box. Voila!


                                          I think you can also convert your table into a picture by printing it as a jpeg and then inserting it into your document as a picture, by following Insert Picture From File. I think I will try this route next time.






                                          share|improve this answer














                                          I had the same problem. So, instead of struggling with the page number options I did the following:




                                          1. I inserted a text box.


                                          2. I cut the table and pasted it into the text box. This is where the problems started, so be sure to have a couple of valiums at hand when you get to this part



                                            Word then changed all the formatting on my table and slowed down my system considerably. I needed to reformat the whole table and it took ages. If you feel the pressing need to fix the table with a ten pound hammer, please step away from your PC.



                                          3. Now you can format the text box - i.e. change line colour, reshape etc.


                                          4. ROTATE THE TEXT BOX by using the green circle at the top centre of the text box. Voila!


                                          I think you can also convert your table into a picture by printing it as a jpeg and then inserting it into your document as a picture, by following Insert Picture From File. I think I will try this route next time.







                                          share|improve this answer














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                                          edited Sep 5 at 5:16









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                                          • instead of rotating the text box, it's better to rotate the text inside the textbox. See my answer. And as said below, pasting the text as image is a very bad idea. Vector should always be preferred instead of bitmap, otherwise you'll quickly loose quality, especially when printing
                                            – phuclv
                                            Sep 5 at 5:17


















                                          • instead of rotating the text box, it's better to rotate the text inside the textbox. See my answer. And as said below, pasting the text as image is a very bad idea. Vector should always be preferred instead of bitmap, otherwise you'll quickly loose quality, especially when printing
                                            – phuclv
                                            Sep 5 at 5:17
















                                          instead of rotating the text box, it's better to rotate the text inside the textbox. See my answer. And as said below, pasting the text as image is a very bad idea. Vector should always be preferred instead of bitmap, otherwise you'll quickly loose quality, especially when printing
                                          – phuclv
                                          Sep 5 at 5:17




                                          instead of rotating the text box, it's better to rotate the text inside the textbox. See my answer. And as said below, pasting the text as image is a very bad idea. Vector should always be preferred instead of bitmap, otherwise you'll quickly loose quality, especially when printing
                                          – phuclv
                                          Sep 5 at 5:17










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                                          The best solution I have found:




                                          • insert a Drawing Canvas (Menu, Insert, Illustration, Shapes, New Drawing Canvas at the bottom of the menu)

                                          • insert a Text Box inside the canvas (Menu, Insert, Illustration, Shapes, Basic Shapes, first element: Text Box)

                                          • copy the table and the text you want to rotate and paste it inside the textbox or, better, directly create inside the Text Box what you want rotated

                                          • select and rotate the Text Box (as explained by @phuclv in his answer)


                                          In the text flow, a Drawing Canvas works like a figure when either is inserted in a paragraph. You can center the paragraph, add space before or after the paragraph, etc.



                                          If the table does not fit the page, you can decrease the font. You can also play with the margins of the cells of the table.



                                          Of course, you could make a table in Excel and copy it in Word as a figure, and rotate it. But I guess that the previous solution has a better resolution/file weight ratio.






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                                            The best solution I have found:




                                            • insert a Drawing Canvas (Menu, Insert, Illustration, Shapes, New Drawing Canvas at the bottom of the menu)

                                            • insert a Text Box inside the canvas (Menu, Insert, Illustration, Shapes, Basic Shapes, first element: Text Box)

                                            • copy the table and the text you want to rotate and paste it inside the textbox or, better, directly create inside the Text Box what you want rotated

                                            • select and rotate the Text Box (as explained by @phuclv in his answer)


                                            In the text flow, a Drawing Canvas works like a figure when either is inserted in a paragraph. You can center the paragraph, add space before or after the paragraph, etc.



                                            If the table does not fit the page, you can decrease the font. You can also play with the margins of the cells of the table.



                                            Of course, you could make a table in Excel and copy it in Word as a figure, and rotate it. But I guess that the previous solution has a better resolution/file weight ratio.






                                            share|improve this answer

























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                                              up vote
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                                              The best solution I have found:




                                              • insert a Drawing Canvas (Menu, Insert, Illustration, Shapes, New Drawing Canvas at the bottom of the menu)

                                              • insert a Text Box inside the canvas (Menu, Insert, Illustration, Shapes, Basic Shapes, first element: Text Box)

                                              • copy the table and the text you want to rotate and paste it inside the textbox or, better, directly create inside the Text Box what you want rotated

                                              • select and rotate the Text Box (as explained by @phuclv in his answer)


                                              In the text flow, a Drawing Canvas works like a figure when either is inserted in a paragraph. You can center the paragraph, add space before or after the paragraph, etc.



                                              If the table does not fit the page, you can decrease the font. You can also play with the margins of the cells of the table.



                                              Of course, you could make a table in Excel and copy it in Word as a figure, and rotate it. But I guess that the previous solution has a better resolution/file weight ratio.






                                              share|improve this answer














                                              The best solution I have found:




                                              • insert a Drawing Canvas (Menu, Insert, Illustration, Shapes, New Drawing Canvas at the bottom of the menu)

                                              • insert a Text Box inside the canvas (Menu, Insert, Illustration, Shapes, Basic Shapes, first element: Text Box)

                                              • copy the table and the text you want to rotate and paste it inside the textbox or, better, directly create inside the Text Box what you want rotated

                                              • select and rotate the Text Box (as explained by @phuclv in his answer)


                                              In the text flow, a Drawing Canvas works like a figure when either is inserted in a paragraph. You can center the paragraph, add space before or after the paragraph, etc.



                                              If the table does not fit the page, you can decrease the font. You can also play with the margins of the cells of the table.



                                              Of course, you could make a table in Excel and copy it in Word as a figure, and rotate it. But I guess that the previous solution has a better resolution/file weight ratio.







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                                                  I am using Excel 2013 and Word 2013.



                                                  Here is the steps to do it...




                                                  1. Copy the table from Word.

                                                  2. In Excel right click and select Special Paste option.


                                                  3. Window is open and select the option Picture (Enhanced Metafile)



                                                    paste special



                                                  4. After that you see in Top Center like Circular Arrow icon, click on it and try to rotate as many degrees you want.


                                                  5. Then copy the table and paste in Word document. That's It.






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                                                  • pasting text as image is a bad solution. You can't print or zoom out anymore without losing quality. And to rotate by a multiple of 90° the circle shouldn't be used, since it isn't exact. There are already various better ways rotate by exact degrees[
                                                    – phuclv
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                                                  up vote
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                                                  I am using Excel 2013 and Word 2013.



                                                  Here is the steps to do it...




                                                  1. Copy the table from Word.

                                                  2. In Excel right click and select Special Paste option.


                                                  3. Window is open and select the option Picture (Enhanced Metafile)



                                                    paste special



                                                  4. After that you see in Top Center like Circular Arrow icon, click on it and try to rotate as many degrees you want.


                                                  5. Then copy the table and paste in Word document. That's It.






                                                  share|improve this answer























                                                  • pasting text as image is a bad solution. You can't print or zoom out anymore without losing quality. And to rotate by a multiple of 90° the circle shouldn't be used, since it isn't exact. There are already various better ways rotate by exact degrees[
                                                    – phuclv
                                                    Sep 4 at 5:46















                                                  up vote
                                                  -1
                                                  down vote










                                                  up vote
                                                  -1
                                                  down vote









                                                  I am using Excel 2013 and Word 2013.



                                                  Here is the steps to do it...




                                                  1. Copy the table from Word.

                                                  2. In Excel right click and select Special Paste option.


                                                  3. Window is open and select the option Picture (Enhanced Metafile)



                                                    paste special



                                                  4. After that you see in Top Center like Circular Arrow icon, click on it and try to rotate as many degrees you want.


                                                  5. Then copy the table and paste in Word document. That's It.






                                                  share|improve this answer














                                                  I am using Excel 2013 and Word 2013.



                                                  Here is the steps to do it...




                                                  1. Copy the table from Word.

                                                  2. In Excel right click and select Special Paste option.


                                                  3. Window is open and select the option Picture (Enhanced Metafile)



                                                    paste special



                                                  4. After that you see in Top Center like Circular Arrow icon, click on it and try to rotate as many degrees you want.


                                                  5. Then copy the table and paste in Word document. That's It.







                                                  share|improve this answer














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                                                  answered Aug 31 '16 at 9:01









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                                                  • pasting text as image is a bad solution. You can't print or zoom out anymore without losing quality. And to rotate by a multiple of 90° the circle shouldn't be used, since it isn't exact. There are already various better ways rotate by exact degrees[
                                                    – phuclv
                                                    Sep 4 at 5:46




















                                                  • pasting text as image is a bad solution. You can't print or zoom out anymore without losing quality. And to rotate by a multiple of 90° the circle shouldn't be used, since it isn't exact. There are already various better ways rotate by exact degrees[
                                                    – phuclv
                                                    Sep 4 at 5:46


















                                                  pasting text as image is a bad solution. You can't print or zoom out anymore without losing quality. And to rotate by a multiple of 90° the circle shouldn't be used, since it isn't exact. There are already various better ways rotate by exact degrees[
                                                  – phuclv
                                                  Sep 4 at 5:46






                                                  pasting text as image is a bad solution. You can't print or zoom out anymore without losing quality. And to rotate by a multiple of 90° the circle shouldn't be used, since it isn't exact. There are already various better ways rotate by exact degrees[
                                                  – phuclv
                                                  Sep 4 at 5:46




















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