Rotate a box with a cell's contents

Can you change a box's alignment with a cell's contents in
Excel? I don't want the gridline to change, just the box
that the cell is in?
Thanks

I'm not sure, but if you mean you want to change the orientation of the text
within the cell:

Format|cell|alignment tab



Circe wrote:
>
> Can you change a box's alignment with a cell's contents in
> Excel? I don't want the gridline to change, just the box
> that the cell is in?
> Thanks

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Dave Peterson

Circe

What kind of "box" is the cell in? Or do you mean the cell itelf?


Gord Dibben Excel MVP

On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 11:54:37 -0800, "Circe"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Can you change a box's alignment with a cell's contents in
>Excel? I don't want the gridline to change, just the box
>that the cell is in?
>Thanks

The user wants the box that represents the cell to be
rotated -- strange request. He says he's done it before,
but I think he probably rotated a rectangle object?
That's the only thing I can think of at the moment.
Thanks for your response.
>-----Original Message-----
>I'm not sure, but if you mean you want to change the
orientation of the text
>within the cell:
>
>Format|cell|alignment tab
>
>
>
>Circe wrote:
>>
>> Can you change a box's alignment with a cell's contents
in
>> Excel? I don't want the gridline to change, just the
box
>> that the cell is in?
>> Thanks
>
>--
>
>Dave Peterson
>.
>

Yes, the user says he wants to rotate the box the cell is
in -- he says he's done it before. My thinking is he may
have used a rectangle object and then rotated that.
Thanks for your input.
>-----Original Message-----
>Circe
>
>What kind of "box" is the cell in? Or do you mean the
cell itelf?
>
>
>Gord Dibben Excel MVP
>
>On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 11:54:37 -0800, "Circe"
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Can you change a box's alignment with a cell's contents
in
>>Excel? I don't want the gridline to change, just the
box
>>that the cell is in?
>>Thanks
>
>.
>

I'd guess an object like a rectangle, too.

Or maybe WordArt. (Insert|object???)

[email protected] wrote:
>
> Yes, the user says he wants to rotate the box the cell is
> in -- he says he's done it before. My thinking is he may
> have used a rectangle object and then rotated that.
> Thanks for your input.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Circe
> >
> >What kind of "box" is the cell in? Or do you mean the
> cell itelf?
> >
> >
> >Gord Dibben Excel MVP
> >
> >On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 11:54:37 -0800, "Circe"
> ><[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >>Can you change a box's alignment with a cell's contents
> in
> >>Excel? I don't want the gridline to change, just the
> box
> >>that the cell is in?
> >>Thanks
> >
> >.
> >

--

Dave Peterson

Or maybe a picture of the cell.

Select the cell/range
edit|copy
select another spot
Shift|Edit|paste picture link

Then rotate that object.

When I rotated a rectangle, the text didn't change.

Circe wrote:
>
> The user wants the box that represents the cell to be
> rotated -- strange request. He says he's done it before,
> but I think he probably rotated a rectangle object?
> That's the only thing I can think of at the moment.
> Thanks for your response.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I'm not sure, but if you mean you want to change the
> orientation of the text
> >within the cell:
> >
> >Format|cell|alignment tab
> >
> >
> >
> >Circe wrote:
> >>
> >> Can you change a box's alignment with a cell's contents
> in
> >> Excel? I don't want the gridline to change, just the
> box
> >> that the cell is in?
> >> Thanks
> >
> >--
> >
> >Dave Peterson
> >.
> >

--

Dave Peterson