is it possible to rotate a table in a word document page so that it is sideways on the page?

Question

is it possible to rotate a table in a word document page so that it is sideways on the page?

Answer 1

Yes, by rotating the page from portrait mode into landscape mode. Realize that anything else on the page will also be rotated, so we'll put the table on a page by itself.



Here's how:



1. Put the cursor right before the table.

2. Click on the Insert->Break menu item.

3. Under Section Breaks, click the Next Page item

4. Click OK.

5. Do the same thing right after the table.



You've now created three sections, one before the table, one containing the table and one after the table. Now you're going to flip the table's section into landscape mode.



1. Click in the table.

2. Click the File->Page Setup menu item.

3. In the Orientation section, click the Landscape box.

4. In the Preview section, in the Apply To list box, select This Section.

5. Click OK.



That should do it.

Answer 2

I looked at the Table options in Word and don't see anything on rotating the table itself, but you can rotate the text which would give the appearance of a rotated table. Of course, that would mean manually placing your headers in the 1st column, etc. Anyway, to do this:



You can change the text orientation in table cells so that the text is displayed vertically or horizontally.



Click the table cell that contains the text you want to change.

On the Format menu, click Text Direction.

Click the orientation you want.

Hope this helps. Good luck!

Answer 3

I don't believe so unless you save it as an image and insert it like you would a picture. You can try setting the page up as landscape and insert the table.

Answer 4

No - copy the table into Excel, select it then do a Paste-special - transpose on another sheet - copy the result into word.