{"id":42075,"date":"2013-03-07T18:19:58","date_gmt":"2013-03-07T18:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=42075"},"modified":"2013-03-07T18:19:58","modified_gmt":"2013-03-07T18:19:58","slug":"setting-orientation-of-excel-cell-values","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/setting-orientation-of-excel-cell-values\/","title":{"rendered":"Setting Orientation of Excel Cell Values"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20110928exceltips.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"exceltips\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"attachment wp-att-7652 alignleft\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By Allen Wyatt for Excel.Tips.Net<\/p>\n<h3>Setting Orientation of Excel Cell Values<\/h3>\n<p>Excel allows you to easily adjust how you want information to appear within a cell. The Alignment tab within the Format Cells dialog box allows you to specify how information should be oriented (in which direction the text should be printed). You can set orientation in the following manner:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> Select the cells whose orientation you want to change.<br \/>\n<strong>2.<\/strong> Display the Home tab of the ribbon.<br \/>\n<strong>3.<\/strong> Click the small icon at the lower-right corner of the Number group. Excel displays the Format Cells dialog box.<br \/>\n<strong>4.<\/strong> Click on the Alignment tab. (See Figure 1.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/excelribbon.tips.net\/T007130_Setting_Orientation_of_Cell_Values.html\" target=\"_blank\">Article Continued Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>This post appears with permission from Allen Wyatt and Excel.Tips.Net.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/techtalk.pcpitstop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20110928exceltips.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"exceltips\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"attachment wp-att-7652 alignleft\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Learn to configure how information should be oriented within a Microsoft Excel 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