Layout: Text Direction You can use the Alignment tools to change the Text Direction and Rotate the text.   1. Try it: Change the Text Direction Select Cell A1. Go to Table Tools ->Layout->Alignment. Go to Text Direction. Click on Rotate all text 270°.   2. What Do You See? The text will rotate in the center, in the middle of the cell.   Keep going... Exam 77-883: Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 4. Creating Charts and Tables 4.1. Construct and modify tables: Change the Text Direction Table Tools ->Layout->Alignment->Text Direction