How Do I Rotate Text Boxes in Paint?

Rotate a selected text box.

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Windows Paint is a concise and easy-to-use image editing tool you can use to draw pictures, insert photos and add text boxes. Rotating text in text boxes adds a colorful feature to the text and can sometimes be just what you need to add emphasis to your project. You can add a text box using the "Text" tool and select the target text in order to apply the "Rotate" function.

Step 1

Click the "Text" tool.

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Click the "Text" tool from the Tools group in the Home tab to add text to the canvas.

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Step 2

Draw a text box.

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Click and drag the mouse to draw a text box on the canvas.

Step 3

Type the text.

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Type the text you want to appear in the text box. You can set the color, font and size of the text in the Text Tools section.

Step 4

Click "Select."

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Click "Select" from the Image group in the Home tab.

Step 5

Select the text you want to rotate.

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Click and drag the mouse over the text you want to rotate. You don't have to select all of the text; you can rotate selected text while leaving the un-selected text in the original orientation.

Step 6

Click "Rotate" and choose a direction you want the text box to rotate to.

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Click "Rotate" in the Image group on the Home tab and choose one of the rotation methods in the drop-down list. There are five directions you can rotate the text; for example, rotating left 90 degrees.

Step 7

Check the result.

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Check the rotated text shown in the canvas. Re-select and rotate the text as you wish.

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