Text in triangle in word

[nfpk]

Hi!
Does anyone know how to make text floating around in a triangle in Word?
I want the text from the top to the bottom, close to the edges. Like this:

m
ic
ros
soft
micro
softwo
rdmicro
softword

 

[SkipVought]

Hi,

Insert a drawing shape that conforms with your requirement.

Format the shape
Layout tab select Tight
color & lines tab to whatever

VOLA



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[nfpk]

Can´t get it work. I work with Word 2002 (XP).

 

[SkipVought]

You realize that you do NOT put your text INSIDE the SHAPE.

The SHAPE acts as a block to the text in the document. Using TIGHT in Format/Layout, makes the text flow around the SHAPE conforming to the shape of the SHAPE.

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[tsurikov]

I first thought of the same suggestion that SkipVought had. This will work as long as you have spaces in between the words you want to "triangulize". If you have just a long string of letters - like "microsoftmicrosoftmicrosoft...", this method won't work - as soon as the letters hit the triangle, Word will shove the entire string below the triangle (the first line where there's enough space for the whole word).

And if you want to insert spaces... well, you might as well use them to make your triangle manually!

--Michael

 

[nfpk]

Floating around the triangle is not a problem.

Floating inside the triangle is what I want....
..so that the shape of the text would look like a triangle

Sorry if I wasn´t clear...

 

[VBAjedi]

I'm not aware of any "smart wrapping" ability in Word to make a string wrap when it gets to the edge of the shape it is in.

However, this MAY be a workaround for you: You'll still have to put in your linebreaks manually, but you can paste a string (like what you gave in your first post) into a square drawing object, center-justify it, then just set the background and borders of that square to be invisible.

The end result would be a "text pyramid" that you could position anywhere on the document because it is on a drawing object.

Hope that helps!

VBAjedi