Anyone who has been using the Word editor for a long time knows about its versatility. The list of tools that allow you to work not only with text, but also with more complex elements, is quite large. But we will not consider everything in the article, of course. We will only answer the question of how to turn the table in Word. Although this action seems trivial, its implementation is much more complicated. But first things first.
Create a text field
Oddly enough, but before you rotate the table in Word, you must create a text field. This is the first thing to start with. The fact is that there is no tool for carrying out such actions with tables in the program. Therefore, you have to use tricks.
So, how to rotate the table in Word, you will learn a little later, and now let's create a text field.
You need to click on the tool of the same name. It is located in the "Insert" tab, and more precisely - in the "Text" tool group. After clicking on the button, a pop-up window will appear in front of you in which you need to select the appropriate method of inserting the field on the sheet. In this case, the first option is perfect - "Simple inscription".
As a result, a form will appear on the sheet in which you can type text, but we do not need this. In addition, this form has contours, which is also not desirable. They should be deleted.
It’s easy to remove the text in the field - select it using Ctrl + A and press the Delete button. Contours to remove a little harder. Initially, left-clicking on a field (to activate it), move the cursor to one of the contours and click the right mouse button (RMB). In the context menu, click on the "Contour" button and select "No Outline" from the list.
Change the direction of the table
We have already figured out the creation of the text field, now we can proceed directly to how to turn the table in Word.
So, the first thing you need to highlight the whole table. To do this, hover over it. By clicking the left mouse button (LMB), use the combination Ctrl + A. Or click on the small square in the upper left corner.
The next item will be copying the table. You can also cut it out if you do not need the original. For copying use Ctrl + C, and for cutting use Ctrl + X.
Now you need to insert the table into the text box. To do this, make the field active by clicking LMB on it and press Ctrl + V to insert the table.
Half the job done. Now you can trim both the table itself and the text box to make it look more natural. Well, to rotate, use the rounded arrow at the top of the text box. With it, you can easily rotate the table in any direction. By the way, if you click on the table itself, then it will be aligned. In this case, its editing will be much easier.
Now you know how to rotate the table in Word. But that is not all.
Change the direction of the text in the table
Finally, I would like to supplement the story with a similar theme. Now we will look at how to rotate text in a table in Word. Fortunately, this is an order of magnitude easier than changing the table itself.
You need to click RMB in that cell, the text in which you want to change, and select the "Text direction" item in the context menu. In the window that appears, select the direction and click "OK."