Insert vertical text in a horizontal East Asian document

The feature described in this Help topic is only available if support for Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, or Korean is enabled through Microsoft Office Language Settings.

In Microsoft Word you can insert vertical text in a horizontal text document by using a vertical text box.

1. On the Insert menu, point to Text Box, and then click Vertical.

2. Click or drag in your document where you want to insert the text box.

   When you insert a text box, a drawing canvas appears around it, but you can drag the text box off the canvas if you want.

Tip

You can specify that the text box automatically expands to fit the text within it. Select the text box, and then click Text Box on the Format menu. On the Text Box tab, select the Resize AutoShape to fit text check box.