This could be a few things. Let's start ticking of the boxes to see why your text boxes are not rotating.

Enable Document

One: Check that your document is enabled.

Click the object you want to rotate. On the Shape Format tab or Picture Format tab, in the Arrange group, click Rotate. If you don't see the Shape Format or Picture Format tabs, make sure that you selected a text box, shape, WordArt, or picture. The Rotate button could be hidden if your screen size is reduced. How to Rotate Text in Photoshop (2020) In a quick recap, do these things to rotate a text: First, select the text layer. Second, go to Edit Free Transform (use the shortcut- Ctrl/Command + T). It brings up a bounding box. Third, move the cursor from anywhere outside of the bounding box and click and drag it to rotate the text. Rotate text in Word documents easily with the guide illustrated on this video. You can rotate/change direction in any shape, text box and in the table accord. Insert a text box. A text box makes it much easier to adjust the position and orientation of text. Add it to your Word document as follows: Word 2007 or later: On the ribbon menu above your document, click the Insert tab, then Text Box, then Draw Text Box. Click and drag in the document. There are vertical text boxes on the left side of the page that are designed for labels for jewel case spines. Here is what it looks like right now: I essentially want each letter of the vertically-written word 'Title' to be rotated 90 degrees such that the text runs properly once the labels are printed and applied to the jewel case spine.

Using .doc

Rotate Text Box In Wordperfect

It seems that .doc versions of Microsoft Word do not allow rotation text boxes. This gives us two different solutions to choose from.

Rotate Text Box In Word Is Not Active

One: (Best Recommendation) Move to a .docx version of the file. Go to the original template page here on the Dashleigh template center and download the .docx version.

Rotate Text Box In Word 2016

Two: You can actually work around this in .doc making the text an image. Our images below will walk you through this.

Rotate Text Box In Word Is Not Active

Create a Text Box. Format and size it exactly to your specifications.

Select the entire text box. Copy and move your cursor outside of the text box and Paste (in the toolbar) to open the dropdown. Choose as Paste Special from the dropdown. A popup box will appear. choose 'JPEG' or 'PNG' if you want the image to retain the transparent background.

Rotate Text Box In Word Document

This turns your text into a image- which you can then rotate. You will need to select the image. In the toolbar under Format > Wrap Text > In Front. This will allow you to move the image where you need and the green rotate handle will show now.