Change horizontal text to vertical text

Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003

  • Select the placeholder containing the text you want to change.
  • On the Formatting toolbar, click Change Text Direction Button image.
  • Note  The conversion to vertical text applies to all of the text within the selected placeholder. For example, if the placeholder you want to change contains both English and East Asian text, the text direction for all the text within the placeholder changes to vertical.

    ShowTip

    To change vertical text back to horizontal text, select the placeholder containing the text you want to change, and then on the Formatting toolbar, click Change Text Direction Button image again.