Rotate a table in word
I have a word 2007 document in portrait mode. I have a table that is too wide to fit in 8.5" but would fit in 11". Is there a way to make just one page landscape? Or alternately is there a way to rotate a table 90 degrees?
Solution 1:
Yes, you can. Insert a section break before and after the page you want to turn to landscape and then you can use page layout on that page only. Also, here is another approach using margins.
In general, section breaks in Word are a good way to change any of the settings that you usually think of as global to your document. For example, you can use section breaks to change the way page numbers work in the middle of the document, to change margins, orientation, and more.
Solution 2:
Here’s a method that works in Word 2010, but I don’t see a reason for it to not work in Word 2007.
Insert a text box (Insert > Text Box > Simple Text Box).
Delete the default text, and insert a table. You should resize the text box to suit.
When you’re done, click on the text box and you should get the normal box sizing controls including a green Rotation handle. Drag that rotation handle round in the direction you wish, and it’ll snap to a 90° angle.
Then right-click on the border, and choose More Layout Options… and in the Text Wrapping tab choose “In line with text”. The whole object should then behave nicely when the surrounding text changes.
Also, while you’re at it, go to Table Properties and indent from the left by a couple of mm, which should make the table sit nicely on the text box margins. Oh, and remove the text box border too.
Solution 3:
I figured it out. You can copy the table in excel. Do a paste special with Transpose turned on. Then copy the transposed table over to Word. Finally, you can change the text orientation of the table to the text is rotated 90 degrees.
Solution 4:
You want to rotate a table in word? its easy! :)
You can do teh following:
Copy paste:
Copy your table, paste to Excel
Copy your data (table) in Excel
Go to new sheet, then right click, select Paste Special..., tick to select Transpose, ok
Flip table:
Insert new column at leftest(A), type 1,2,3,....(in column A)
Arrange table Descending by A (No header row, Z-A)
Delete Column A (we just inserted)
Paste:
Copy data area (table), paste to Word (table will be chaos, don't worry)
Point to menu: Table\select\table, (to select table),>menu Edit\clear\format, >menu Format\text direction
Re-size cell for good looking
Done !
Solution 5:
In my case I wanted to put the table on a 1-page document, with header and footer in portrait mode. So using sections was not an option.
Since the table was from Excel, I used paste-special and selected the Image option. As commented above, it does not allow editing within word, but gives the presentation quality I was looking for.