Text+Stretch

Text Stretch

Do you ever wish you could stretch or rotate text?

I'm sure some of you are thinking that would be nice when you're using WordArt, but what if you don't care for WordArt? Wouldn't it be nice to still have some flexibility with your text? Well, I suggest you give this little trick a try!

First, format the text as you want it to be, including font, colour, bold, etc. Now, highlight the text and cut it from the document (Ctrl + X). Then, go to the Edit menu and choose Paste Special. (In Office 2007, you'll find the Paste button under the Home tab on the ribbon. Click on the bottom half of the Paste button to locate Paste Special). Choose Picture when the Paste Special window opens. Click OK. When you're returned to your document, you'll have your text back, but it's now a picture. Consequentially, it has handles, can be moved, cropped, stretched, rotated and all the other things you can do with pictures.

Now have fun.

Sadly the example does not paste, but give it a try and enjoy yourself. 