Robguad
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Missing ability to format existing text as vertical text
I have been using Visio since it's release and I have always had the function to change text so it appears vertical. You can do this in all MS office products. I have a new installation of Visio 2007 Pro and I didnt see the button on the tool bar. So I opened up help and got this:
Select the shape.
Click the Change Text Direction button .
The shape's text rotates 90° clockwise and appears in a vertical font.
Note To display the Change Text Direction tool, on the Tools menu, click Options, click the Regional tab, and, in the Asian text list, click Show.
I looked at the note and thought OK, I will change this setting. But when I open tools and options, there is no Regional tab to select the Asian text list. and click show. No tab exists.
I installed the same software on another machine and it has the same issue. I can go to the tool bar and customize it and drag the Change Text Direction button to the tool bar, but as soon as I click OK, it disappears.
I have searched the web and people are having the same issue, but then they are told to go to tools --> options --> regional setting and in the Asian text list, click Show. This fixes their issue, but for me, I dont have that tab.
Select the shape.
Click the Change Text Direction button .
The shape's text rotates 90° clockwise and appears in a vertical font.
Note To display the Change Text Direction tool, on the Tools menu, click Options, click the Regional tab, and, in the Asian text list, click Show.
I looked at the note and thought OK, I will change this setting. But when I open tools and options, there is no Regional tab to select the Asian text list. and click show. No tab exists.
I installed the same software on another machine and it has the same issue. I can go to the tool bar and customize it and drag the Change Text Direction button to the tool bar, but as soon as I click OK, it disappears.
I have searched the web and people are having the same issue, but then they are told to go to tools --> options --> regional setting and in the Asian text list, click Show. This fixes their issue, but for me, I dont have that tab.
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Actually, after adding the east Asian language and rebooting, it still does not display a regional tab in the options for Visio. So this is still an open issue. I thought for sure that would have corrected it.
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Thanks that did it. I also found out I can right-click the shape, then choose Shape and select Rotate Text.
ASKER
I think I figured it out, at least on my Windows XP box. I had to go into control panel and regional and language options. From there the languages tab. Then I selected the checkbox to install files for east Asian Languages. I never recall having to do that with other versions of Vision before to use that function, or to use that function in Word or Excel...
Now I have to figure out how to do the same thing on Server 2008, which is what I have installed on my laptop...