How do you rotate cell contents to an exact value you change its?

meme says:
January 31, 2018 at 4:43 pm

Hi
I have a really large file up to 30000 rows. I need to extract one column based on another column and transpose. I've installed your tool but it isn't showing the wizard as described. I need to transpose below but pivot tables aren't helping... will your tool help?

DocN DocTitle
1006 ABCE Pathway fred
1006 ABCE Pathway mardy
1006 ABCE Pathway pod
1006 ABCE Pathway pony
1006 ABCE Pathway mouse
1007 HIJK Guidance veg
1007 HIJK Guidance meat
1007 HIJK Guidance biscuits
1007 HIJK Guidance honey
1029 Pod Form green
1029 Pod Form blue
1029 Pod Form red
1029 Pod Form yellow
1029 Pod Form blue box
1029 Pod Form hat
1019 Pod Fod green wall
1019 Pod Fod blue
1019 Pod Fod red ball
1019 Pod Fod yellow
1019 Pod Fod blue box
1019 Pod Fod hat
1019 Pod Fod bluey

DocN DocTitle
1006 ABCE Pathway fred mardy pod pony mouse
1007 HIJK Guidance veg meat biscuits honey
1029 Pod Form green blue red yellow blue box hat
1019 Pod Fod green wall blue red ball yellow blue box hat bluey

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If you have a spreadsheet where the text in your column headings (not the lettered column headings) is longer than the text in the columns, and there are a lot of columns, you may want to rotate the text in your headings so the columns become narrower.

NOTE: We used Excel 2013 to illustrate this feature.

This also allows you to fit more columns of data in a smaller area. To rotate the text in cells, first highlight the cells you that contain the text you want to rotate. Make sure the “Home” tab is active and click the “Orientation” button in the “Alignment” section of the “Home” tab (the button with the slanted text). Select an option to rotate the text. The icons to the left of the options show which way the text will rotate.

How do you rotate cell contents to an exact value you change its?

The text is rotated in the chosen direction in the selected cells.

How do you rotate cell contents to an exact value you change its?

For more fine-tune control when rotating your text, highlight the cells containing the text you want to rotate and click the “Alignment Settings” button in the lower-right corner of the “Alignment” section of the “Home” tab.

How do you rotate cell contents to an exact value you change its?

The “Format Cells” dialog box displays. The “Alignment” tab automatically displays. To rotate the text, click on any point along the semicircle in the “Orientation” box. The number of degrees of the rotation displays in the “Degrees” edit box. If you know the specific number of degrees you want to rotate the text, type the number directly into the “Degrees” edit box, or use the spinner arrow buttons to select a number.

How do you rotate cell contents to an exact value you change its?

If you want the text to be vertical in a cell (each character takes up one line), click the box to the left of the semicircle angle box in the “Orientation” but (the box with the word “Text” in a vertical format). The button turns black to show that the option is on and your text will look like the first cell in the image below once you click “OK” on the “Format Cells” dialog box.

How do you rotate cell contents to an exact value you change its?

To reverse the rotation of your text and display it normally, simply go back to the “Alignment” tab on the “Format Cells” dialog box and enter “0” (that’s a zero, not the letter “O”) in the “Degrees” edit box. To reverse vertical text, simply click the vertical text button on the “Alignment” tab so the button is not black.

This Excel tutorial explains how to rotate text in a cell in Excel 2016 (with screenshots and step-by-step instructions).

See solution in other versions of Excel:

  • Excel 2013
  • Excel 2011 for Mac
  • Excel 2010
  • Excel 2007
  • Excel 2003

Question: How do I rotate text in a cell in Microsoft Excel 2016?

Answer: Select the cell(s) that you wish to rotate the text for. In this example, we've selected cell A3.

How do you rotate cell contents to an exact value you change its?

Right-click and then select "Format Cells" from the popup menu.

How do you rotate cell contents to an exact value you change its?

When the Format Cells window appears, select the Alignment tab. Then set the number of degrees that you wish to rotate the text. This value ranges from 90 degrees to -90 degrees for Orientation. In this example, we've selected 90 Degrees for the Orientation.

Which command is used to rotate the contents of a cell?

Answer: To rotate the text in cells, first highlight the cells you that contain the text you want to rotate. Make sure the “Home” tab is active and click the “Orientation” button in the “Alignment” section of the “Home” tab (the button with the slanted text). Select an option to rotate the text.

Which function could you use to change the Orientation of a cell range?

Sometimes you need to switch or rotate cells. You can do this by copying, pasting, and using the Transpose option.

How to rotate text in Word?

Go to View > Print Layout. Select the text box that you want to rotate or flip, and then select Format. Under Arrange, select Rotate.

How to rotate table in Excel?

Here's how you can transpose cell content:.
Copy the cell range..
Select the empty cells where you want to paste the transposed data..
On the Home tab, click the Paste icon, and select Paste Transpose..