Open Office Writer cannot do vertical text and numbers

[Dotan Cohen]

On 23 February 2010 22:26,  <mbrace7forums at aim.com> wrote:
> I doubt that you will be able to type that way but, what I would suggest is
> that you use a combination of programmes to do the job that you want.
> Type your text normally with a graphics type programme like Corel Draw or
> Freehand Linux equivalent. These programmes are designed to do what maybe
> Open Office is unable to do. You really need the text flow of the Insert
> Text Frame to be vertical direction. Open Office does have this option I
> have just used it and will attach a file for you to see.
>
> To type sideways vertically do the following:
> 1. Left click on Insert and then on Frame.
> 2. In the Frame Options, left click on Right to Left Vertical.
> 3. Make sure that you can see the Show Hide marks and the typing direction
> buttons. Left click on the Left for Left to Right, and Right to Left for
> Right directional.
>
> What I've not yet worked out is how to rotate or have the text start from
> the bottom of the frame going upward.
> Moshe
>
>

Much easier was to just make each cell two cells, one RTL with the
Hebrew text and the other LTR with the phone number.

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Dotan Cohen

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