Joan is a math teacher and wants to create triangles with different fractions labeled on each side. She needs to rotate each fraction so the numerator is touching each side of the triangle and wonders how to accomplish this.
Word is a wonderful program for creating documents that primarily contain text. There are times when graphics are needed, however. (A picture is worth a thousand words, after all.) Placing graphics in Word is possible, but if you need to modify the graphics, the existing editing options may limit what you can do. For these tasks you might want to consider using a graphics program. Microsoft PowerPoint and Publisher, as well as Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, are examples of programs that are designed to create and manipulate graphics much better than Word can.
However, if Word is the only resource available to you, there are a couple of options that will allow you to accomplish the task at hand. Creating the fractions in WordArt will provide the flexibility needed to freely rotate them to align with the sides of the triangle.
Now that you have created the WordArt, rotating is easy.
Another option involves the use of a graphics program. The following general steps will get the fractions into a format that can be rotated within Word.
If you are using a program that only has rudimentary text handling capabilities, such as Paint, you may want to create the fraction in Word, take a screen shot of the graphic, and then use the program to trim the image. You can then use the edited graphics file in the above steps (2 through 10). You can experiment to find the one that works best for you.
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2019-06-03 09:15:54
Phil
it also works to put the text you want to rotate in a text box, set "no border" "no fill" and you can rotate the box. When objects are in position, group them all. And yes, be sure to use right wrap and turn off "move object with text.
(see Figure 1 below)
Figure 1.
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