Vertical text in a cell with iWorks '08

Hello again guys, I looked for an answer and I didn't found it. Maybe there are no answer yet... Is in Numbers (iWorks '08) the option to write in vertical inside a cell? I can't see it.
Thanks again.

Insert a line break after each character by pressing Control + Return
The cell can be as wide or tall as required and the text can also be aligned using the normal alignment tools
This is also useful for controlling Wrap within a cell
chris

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The most often recommended workarouns is to use a floating text box. Rotate the box 90° (or other desired value), make sure that Wrap is set to 'none', then place the text box in front of the cell.
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Thanks

Hello
- 1 - English is not my native language so I wonder if you wrote lol about some mistakes or about technical terms.
- 2 - Here is the announced script
--[SCRIPT]
property charList : {}
set txtDatas to the clipboard
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""
set my charList to every text item of txtDatas
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ASCII character (11)
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if txtDatas contains tab then set txtDatas to my cleaner(txtDatas, tab)
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set my charList to {}
set the clipboard to txtDatas
on cleaner(t, d)
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Save it as an Application and store it in:
yourStartupDisk:Users:yourAccount:Library:Scripts:Applications:Numbers:
maybe you will have to create the Numbers folder and even the Applications one
Select one or several cells
copy to clipbboard (cmd + C)
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paste where you want (cmd + V)
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Pat,
Excel may have that function, I'm quite sure that Numbers does not. Numbers is in its first version and is not a clone of Excel in any case. The functions are not so complicated as they may seem.
FirstName function translated into English is:
If the WholeName is blank, Then leave the FirstName cell blank; Else put here the Left portion of WholeName, up to one character less than the position of the first Space Character you find in WholeName.
The LastName function translated into English is:
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In Numbers, nothing having to do with a table can be rotated. (In Pages an entire Table can be rotated, but not text within a Table.)
There have been many suggestions posted here over the life of iWork for vertical labels. Most fall into three categories:
1. Type one letter, Option-Return, type another letter, Option-Return, and so forth.
2. Type label in a Text Box, rotate the box, position the box over the table, covering the cell where you need a label.
3. Create a PDF graphic with rotated text and insert it into table cell as Background Fill.
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Hi,
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