RotatedChars Property

Microsoft Publisher Visual Basic

MsoTriState can be one of these MsoTriState constants.
msoCTrue
msoFalse
msoTriStateMixed
msoTriStateToggle
msoTrue

expression.RotatedChars

expression    Required. An expression that returns one of the objects in the Applies To list.

Remarks

If the WordArt has horizontal text, setting the RotatedChars property to True rotates the characters 90 degrees counterclockwise. If the WordArt has vertical text, setting the RotatedChars property to False rotates the characters 90 degrees clockwise. Use the ToggleVerticalText method to switch between horizontal and vertical text flow.

The Flip method and Rotation property of the Shape object and the RotatedChars property and ToggleVerticalText method of the TextEffectFormat object all affect the character orientation and direction of text flow in a Shape object that represents WordArt. You may have to experiment to find out how to combine the effects of these properties and methods to get the result you want.

Example

This example adds WordArt that contains the text "Test" to the active publication and rotates the characters 90 degrees counterclockwise.

Sub CreateFormatWordArt()
    With ActiveDocument.Pages(1).Shapes _
            .AddTextEffect(PresetTextEffect:=msoTextEffect1, _
            Text:="Test", FontName:="Arial Black", FontSize:=36, _
            FontBold:=False, FontItalic:=False, Left:=10, Top:=10)
        .TextEffect.RotatedChars = msoTrue
    End With
End Sub