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Rotate Text in OpenOffice

  • Oct 29, 2025
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In the free Tool OpenOffice, you can rotate the Text. This is useful, for example, if you want to create Abreißzettel with phone numbers. We will show you how to do it.

OpenOffice: rotate Text - how to

Thus, for example, you can rotate Text in Writer, follow the steps below:
  1. Select "view" -> "toolbars-Drawing" to the point"". All of the steps you can also below in the photo gallery keep track of.
  2. Now a horizontal bar, you can also find a large "T" appears under your text box. Click on it and you will create a text box.
  3. Fill in the text box according to your Wishes. You can rotate the text box is now free-Hand, by clicking on the "Rotate" icon in the bar above.
  4. If you want to adjust your Text in more detail, right-click on the text box and click "size and Position". Then select the tab "rotation". Here you can either specify a rotation in 15-degree increments, or to the left is an exact value.

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In OpenOffice 4, the bar is displayed by default. The bar is still not visible, you can activate it like in the Screenshot.

In OpenOffice 4, the bar is displayed by default. The bar is still not visible, you can activate it like in the Screenshot.

In addition to many other shapes, such as lines, rectangles, and circles, you can select here the Symbol for a text box.

In addition to many other shapes, such as lines, rectangles, and circles, you can select here the Symbol for a text box.

If your rotation doesn't have to be on the degree, you can use the "Rotate tool". Simply click on the icon, and then click the text box to rotate it then.

If your rotation doesn't have to be on the degree, you can use the "Rotate tool". Simply click on the icon, and then click the text box to rotate it then.

In the top menu you can in addition to be accurate to specify the point at which your text field is rotated.

In the top menu you can in addition to be accurate to specify the point at which your text field is rotated.

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