Text Box vertical alignment (2007)

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OK I know this was not available in 1997/2000/2003 versions, but in 2007, is there a vertical alignment facility for text boxes in reports?

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Please ignore, this is for Word, not for Access

Click in the text box.
Activate the Format tab on the ribbon.
The Text section contains a button “Text Direction”.
Clicking this button cycles between the three possible text orientations.

(In Word 2003, it’s Format | Text Direction…)

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My mistake; I should have made that clearer. I didn’t mean the direction text goes, but where (vertically) the text will be in a text box that is larger than is necessary.

Sort of like in tables in Word, the text can be aligned, left, right, mid, up, down, centre.

Hope that makes sense.

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Please ignore, this is for Word, not for Access

My mistake, actually – I didn’t read your question carefully enough.

– Right-click the border of the text box.
– Select “Format Text Box” from the popup menu.
– Activate the Text Box tab.
– Select the option that you want under Vertical alignment.

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My mistake, actually – I didn’t read your question carefully enough.

– Right-click the border of the text box.
– Select “Format Text Box” from the popup menu.
– Activate the Text Box tab.
– Select the option that you want under Vertical alignment.

I think this answer applies to a Word text box, not an Access text box.

In Access reports text boxes have a Vertical property which can be yes/no. Once this is set to Yes, then the left/centre/right alignment options on the Design tab act as top/middle/bottom.

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OK, I’ve managed part way (Using the Vertical property), but that leaves the the text direction in the vertical!

So I tried the 2 things you suggested Hans, but I couldn’t find either (can in Word of course, but not Access).

Still not given up though, except for the the help function.

BTW, is there a help for help??????

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I apologize, I was trying to answer questions in the Lounge while doing a lot of other things, so I messed up and replied as if the question was about Word instead of Access.

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