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Editing objects, layout parts, and the layout background
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• Rotate both the characters and the field or text object. In this case, each character is rotated
90 degrees counter-clockwise and the text object or field object is also rotated 90 degrees
clockwise so that characters display on screen in vertical format, with characters displaying
top-to-bottom in vertical columns.
Note Alphabetic and numeric half-width (hankaku) characters do not rotate when you specify
Sideways, but alphabetic and numeric full-width (zenkaku) characters do rotate. For example, when
an address field containing half-width numbers for a street number is specified as Sideways, the
half-width numbers remain in their original orientation. You can use functions to convert alphabetic
or numeric half-width characters to full-width characters or Chinese numbers. For more information,
see the Notes section below.
The following table shows the available formatting choices:
To format fields and text objects for vertical writing:
1. In Layout mode, select the fields and text objects that you would like to set to vertical.
For more information, see Selecting objects.
Tip You can select all text objects on a layout by clicking the Text tool in the status toolbar
and choosing Edit menu > Select All.
2. To rotate the characters 90 degrees counter-clockwise, choose Format menu >
Orientation
> Sideways.
All text (except alphabetic and numeric full-width characters) displays as rotated.
3. To rotate the selected field objects and text objects so that text columns display vertically,
choose Arrange menu
> Rotate.
Notes
• Depending on how you want the layout to print, you may want to change the page
orientation of the layout. To do so, choose File menu
> Print Setup (Windows) or Page
Setup (OS
X), and change the page orientation to Portrait or Landscape.
Original Japanese text Rotating characters only
Rotating both
characters and
the object
Half-width:
Full-width:
Half-width:
Full-width:
Half-width: Full-width: