Writing upside down

Marky Lazer

Marky Lazer

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I'm thinking about a project where I need some pages normal and some upside-down. Does anyone of that is possible in Microsoft Word, and if so, how to do it? And, if not, any program that CAN do it?

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Doesn't that make the font dodgier to read?

I'm thinking about turning two books into one. So halfway the book, the first ends. If you then close the book. And put it upside-down, and start again at the first page, you'll read the next story. I also want two front covers... See what I'm aiming for?
 
Most word processors will do this, in Microsoft Word all you have to do is use a text box and change the orientation of the text.

Actually, regular publishers do it all the time and all they do is print two books and bind them together, one upside down and one not...
 
I think you will need a either a scanner attached to your computer or a desktop publishing program loaded on it.

You can write your file in Word, then under "File" click "Save As." If you have a scanner attached to your computer, and you have an option for "My Pictures" under "Save As", save your file under My Pictures. This should save the text file to the scanning program. In the scanning program, you should have a command that says "Rotate Image." This allows you to rotate an image or a page 90 degrees at time. You would simply keep rotating your text image until it was upside down.

As for Word itself, after playing around with it for a few minutes and reading the various toolbars commands, I don't see a way to make it write a text upside down, but perhaps others on this board will know a way to do it.

Good luck, Terry
 
terryweide said:
If all you need is a text box, where is the textbox located?

Terry
Click to expand...
Insert -> Text Box


But, I still can't make it upside down :confused:

When I open the Drawing Toolbar, select the text box and try to rotate it (in the drawing toolbar) it won't let me...

Edit: I find something called "Text Direction" but can only change it into sideways...
 
That's not an option, because I need to send the document digital instead of hard copy.
 
Are you sending it to a publisher? Because perhaps you could just explain the concept in a covering letter, and let them handle the logistics (which I think they'd prefer anyway).

If it's just one book followed by another book, I'd be more in favour of calling them Book One and Book Two, and leaving them like that, right way up and all. I can't see how the flip adds anything, but then I'm something of a traditionalist, so....
 
brian froud did it with his faerie book, good faeries were one way up, bad faeries the other way up. i liked it, it worked well witrh that, but it would depend on the book, i imagine. if it is meant to be hard back, and has pics, i can see it working far more easily than a paperback book. but froud also had two covers, one on front, one on back, so you didn't know which way was the right way. guess it depends on how well its done
 
I used to read some sort of comics that were built up that way. forget their titles, but they were meant for little kiddies

I think you can easely get away with it, unless, you're reader has to twist and turn to read it all. Keep it simple, I'd say.
 
It basically is meant as two-books-in-one. You start with book one (or two ;)), when you're getting somewhere around the half of it, you finished the first story. Then, you're asked to close the book, turn it upside-down and start reading from page one again. I also meant to have two front covers, one for every story.
 
almost worked! for some reason some of the letters didn't come out...

i'll try in a different font:

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