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I need to rotate a figure in Word 2010 along with its caption. The caption also needs to be able to be indexed in a Table of Figures. I can't find a way to do that. All I can find is how to rotate a picture there there's nothing (that I can find) on how to that with a figure and the caption. I need to rotate the figure 90 degrees counterclockwise because it's too small to read if I don't.
Thanks for your help.
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I was able to solve the problem by first creating the page in portrait view, then cutting the image and pasting it into a 2-column table. Next, I cut and pasted the caption into the second cell in the table and rotated the text. Thanks.
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The figure and caption will need to be rotated independently. The caption can be placed in a text box, frame, or table cell in which you have changed the text direction.
Note that Word 2007 and 2010 can see the text even in a text box for purposes of creating a Table of Figures, but if you want your document to be backward-compatible with earlier versions, you should use a frame or table cell instead.