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<p class=MsoNormal>I’m trying to rotate text that is labeling buildings
so the Web Master can adulterate the map by rotating it 90 degrees, making
North face East, better fitted to a PC screen. My whines about map
propriety fell on deaf ears. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I can Kern the text, choose a nice font, place it anywhere I
want and add a gentle halo to it. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>When I tell it to rotate it accepts the command, then I hear
a small, digital giggle. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I display the map again and the text appears with the
halo, nice font, kerned and not rotated. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>When I check the properties again, rotation is greyed out. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>And I hear that digital giggle. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I think it’s sort of a Bill Gates post-coital
giggle, knowing that a quirk in Windows has once again had its way with
me. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>What am I doing wrong? </b>This worked under Unix
and AML programming – that I vaguely remember. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>[For the literal minded, I made up the giggle].<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>William
Porter william.porter@famu.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
Application Coordinator GIS/GPS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Florida
A&M University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Enterprise
Information Technology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Lee
Hall Suite 303<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>1601
S ML King,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tel:
412 5598<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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