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To rotate an element into another angle position, use the 'angle' CSS property of the element.
In most cases, this can be done in the element's Formatting dialog. In other cases, such as with
text, you have to enter the CSS property and value manually. Both methods are explained in
the following procedure.
1. Right-click the element and click the respective element on the shortcut menu.
Alternatively, select the element (see "Selecting an element" on page377) and click the
respective element on the Format menu.
2.
On the first tab, look for the angle property. If it is available, type the number of degrees
the element should be rotated. A positive number will rotate the element clockwise, a
negative number rotates it counter-clockwise. Skip steps 3 to 6.
If the angle property is not available, proceed with the following step.
3.
Click the Advanced button to open the Advanced Formatting dialog.
4.
Click in the first blank field under Property and type transform.
5.
Click in the field next to it, under Value and type rotate(, followed by the number of
degrees the element should rotate, and then deg), for example: rotate(20deg). A positive
number will rotate the element clockwise, a negative number rotates it counter-clockwise.
6. Close the Advanced Formatting dialog.
7. Close the Formatting dialog, or click the Apply button to see the effect without closing the
dialog.
Note
It is also possible to rotate elements by creating a style rule in a style sheet; see "Styling
templates with CSS files" on page454.
Locale
The locale is a setting that can affect date, time and currency output, and other formatting that
depends on location and language. This setting is specific to each template, so changing it for
one template will not affect other templates.
Assume that a record set has a Date field that contains the following date: 4/11/12, and that this
field has been added to the template using the Text Script Wizard with the Long Date format
(see "Using the Text Script Wizard" on page500 and "Formatting variable data" on page503).
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