You can only rotate boilerplate text and graphics. You cannot rotate other layout objects (repeating frames, frames, or fields).
To rotate a boilerplate object:
Click the object(s) that you want to rotate. Tip: To select multiple objects, click one
object, then Shift-click all other objects. To select all objects,
choose EditSelect All.
Click
in the tool palette.
Drag a handle to rotate the object or group.
The following rules apply when using the Rotate tool:
Rotated text is not supported on all operating systems. For example, rotated text will not appear rotated in character mode.
To rotate a field, reference the field (for example, &ename) in a boilerplate text object.
You can only rotate boilerplate text that you typed or imported in the editor. You cannot rotate boilerplate text created with the File Link tool.
For rotated text, the Horizontal Elasticity property refers to the direction in which you read the text. For example, if you rotate your text 90 degrees and give it a Fixed Horizontal Elasticity, it means that the text will occupy a fixed vertical space. If you set Horizontal and Vertical Elasticity to Variable or Expand and the rotation angle of the text is not a multiple of 90 degrees, the object's width will actually be treated as contracting (for Variable) or fixed (for Expand)
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