A text block can be oriented horizontally or vertically. By default, text is oriented horizontally.

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Horizontal and vertical orientation

Text can also flow right to left or left to right.

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Text flowing right to left and left to right

In Fireworks, you set horizontal and vertical orientation as well as the direction of text flow in the Property inspector. These settings apply to entire text blocks only.

To set the orientation of a selected text block:

  1. This is a picture of the feature being described.Click the Text Orientation button in the Property inspector.
  2. Select an orientation option from the pop-up menu:

    Horizontal Left to Right is the default setting for text in Fireworks for most languages. It orients text horizontally and displays characters from left to right.

    Horizontal Right to Left orients text horizontally and displays characters from right to left. It is useful for displaying text in languages where text flows from right to left, such as Hebrew or Arabic.

    Vertical Left to Right orients text vertically. If you apply this to lines of text separated by hard or soft returns, each line of text is displayed as a column. The columns flow from left to right.

    Vertical Right to Left orients text vertically. Multiple lines of text separated by returns are displayed as columns that flow from right to left. This option is useful for displaying text in languages such as Japanese in which text flows from right to left in columns.

    NOTE

    Vertical text characters always flow from top to bottom. Choosing one of the Vertical orientation options affects only the order of text columns, not the order of text characters.