Rotating text counterclockwise

[Villads]

Hi,

I'm very happy about most features in IPE, but still find some simple
tasks a bit difficult.

Can anyone tell me how I can rotate text 90 degrees counterclockwise?
I've tried using rotate with transformable text, and even with the grid
off I can't match 90 degrees exactly.

When I rotate clockwise, I can hit the 90 degrees without having to go
off grid.


Kindly regards
Villads

[Sebastien Loriot]

Post by Villads
Hi,
I'm very happy about most features in IPE, but still find some simple
tasks a bit difficult.
Can anyone tell me how I can rotate text 90 degrees counterclockwise?
I've tried using rotate with transformable text, and even with the
grid off I can't match 90 degrees exactly.
When I rotate clockwise, I can hit the 90 degrees without having to go
off grid.
Kindly regards
Villads
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Adding \usepackage{rotating} in the latex preamble (in edit->document
properties) allows you to use the latex command in your text object
\rotatebox{90}{your text here}

Hth

Sebastien.

[Tim Hutt]

I can never remember the latex so I just do this:

Make the text. Ctrl-right-click, transformable->yes.
Turn off all snapping.
Press F1 with your mouse near the text. This will turn on the rotation
snapping with a default snap angle of 90 degrees.
Use the rotate tool to rotate the text. It should snap to 90 degrees.
Press shift-F2 to turn off the rotation snapping.

[C Kruger]

Villads, this is the code I use for rotating text. Change 90 to get the
angle and 48pt to get the a box length you need. However, I may try
Tim's suggestion in future.

\rotatebox{90}{%
\parbox{48pt}{Your text}}

Cilliers

Post by Villads
Hi,
I'm very happy about most features in IPE, but still find some simple
tasks a bit difficult.
Can anyone tell me how I can rotate text 90 degrees counterclockwise?
I've tried using rotate with transformable text, and even with the
grid off I can't match 90 degrees exactly.
When I rotate clockwise, I can hit the 90 degrees without having to go
off grid.
Kindly regards
Villads
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[Jan Hlavacek]

On Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:10:28 +0100

Post by Villads
Hi,
I'm very happy about most features in IPE, but still find some simple
tasks a bit difficult.
Can anyone tell me how I can rotate text 90 degrees counterclockwise?
I've tried using rotate with transformable text, and even with the
grid off I can't match 90 degrees exactly.

Did you try Ipelets->Goodies->Turn 90 degrees
or Ipelet->Goodies->Precise Rotate ?