Hello Research_Help,
Here are the steps I followed that worked for me in Microsoft Word.
I'll state an alternate method at the end that is more flexible, but a
little more laborious.
Recommended Method:
I assume the triangle you want has the point on the top, centered over
the base. If this is not what you want, please explain more fully in a
clarification request.
a. Create a right triangle object and place to the left of the
region you want to place the "triangle text". Flip vertically so it is
"upside down" (if the base was on the bottom).
b. Copy that right triangle object, paste / move to the right of the
region you want to place the "triangle text". You should also do a
"flip horizontal" so its left side goes in the right direction.
The area between the two triangles should be the size / shape /
orientation that you want for the triangle text. Adjust the triangles
to fit if they are not quite right.
c. Select both triangles and format as follows:
- colors & lines; fill color to match the background and no line
- layout; wrapping style tight (not square)
[I would set no fill color, but that makes it VERY hard to select a
triangle later if you want to move it]
At this point, the paragraph marks / any text you have should fill the
gap between the two triangles. You can see this more clearly if you
set
Preferences -> View -> make sure Text Boundaries, all non-printing
characters, etc., are selected
If you don't like the look on the screen, turn them off once you get
the text boxes laid out right.
On my system, the boxes show up narrow at the top, wider at the bottom
(or whatever shape your bounding drawings happen to fill).
Other Method:
The method that came to mind first (before I figured out tight
wrapping) was to lay out a series of strip drawings, one per line. You
can use rectangles (one row high each) and adjust the width to make
the shape the text will wrap to literally anything. I say it is
laborious, because each line of text has a couple objects on it to
block out the area to exclude the text.
Both methods should be flexible enough to align the text in a variety
of shapes. Use different drawing objects on the left / right until you
get the shape you need.
I found this using Microsoft Word help:
search for "wrapping"
the first item listed on my system was
Text Wrapping Options
Selecting that, the third choice listed was tight which lists the
tight choice which also explains how to move / relocate the wrapping
points.
If any part of this answer is unclear or the steps do not work for
you, please make a clarification request so I can more fully answer
your question.
--Maniac |
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