Thanks - that will do (DOH!) - knew it was possible - must have clicked on everything except that box - LOL. Jens N. Outzen Traffic Supervisor Lea Interchange Depot 0208 988 4700 07931 904 611 (Mob) First Capital North Limited No 0263641 First Capital East Limited No 02218277 Registered in England & Wales B Block 3rd Floor MacMillan House, Paddington Station,London W2 1TY "David Grugeon" <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent by: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 01/04/2009 08:04 Please respond to mso To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> cc: Subject: [mso] Re: Re-orientation of numbers in excel Hi Jens You can do it in a cell. Right click, format cell, click the box to the left of the pointer with the vertical text in it. If it is a textbox there does not seem to be an easy way to do it. You would need to insert VBCRLF between each character - and make the textbox multiline. Best Regards David Grugeon Grugeon Consulting (07) 3263 7786 Original message: > -----Original Message----- > From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jens > Outzen > Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 4:49 PM > To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [mso] Re-orientation of numbers in excel > > About as cryptic as I could make it - LOL > BTW happy birthday Linda. > > The question. > > Excel normally orientates left to right and when rotating this remains the > case. > > Can I reoriented so that the preference becomes vertical rather than > horizontal? I am sure I can but have happily forgotten it. > > eg so that you read the numbers "standing" on top of each other: > 1 > 2 > 3 > > In a box that is. I need this for some visual purposes in a presentation. > > Jens N. 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