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  Rotating text

To make our list easier to use we're going to rotate the column headings for the last 11 columns of the sheet – the columns that deal with plant hardiness zones.

First, select the cells to format.

Then click the format menu and choose the cells option. If it’s not already selected, click the alignment tab.

We’ll want our rotated text to align to the bottom of the cell so we’ll change the vertical alignment to bottom.

Next, then set the text orientation to 90 degrees.

OpenOffice calc text rotation screenshot

For this function to work, make sure the automatic line break checkbox is deselected and click OK.

Now the text in the selected cells has been rotated 90 degrees and aligned to the bottom of the cell.

 
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