topic Re: Rotate TextElement in Layout View in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/rotate-textelement-in-layout-view/m-p/350084#M27454 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>The way that Esri suggests is to keep a template graphic element located off the layout page that has 90 degrees set. You clone an element and edit the text with arcpy.mapping functions on Layout Elements. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Have a look at the help for Layout Elements. There is a sample script for exactly this case so I won't bother to duplicate it here.</SPAN><BR /><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#//00s300000040000000">http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#//00s300000040000000</A></BODY></HTML> Fri, 30 May 2014 09:04:28 GMT KimOllivier 2014-05-30T09:04:28Z Rotate TextElement in Layout View https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/rotate-textelement-in-layout-view/m-p/350083#M27453 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I was wondering if anyone knew of a way to rotate a text element 90 degrees using python. I know I am able to do it by hand in ArcMap, but i was hoping to find a way to automatically rotate the text using python code. Any suggestions?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 21 May 2014 19:34:29 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/rotate-textelement-in-layout-view/m-p/350083#M27453 PhillipCobb 2014-05-21T19:34:29Z Re: Rotate TextElement in Layout View https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/rotate-textelement-in-layout-view/m-p/350084#M27454 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>The way that Esri suggests is to keep a template graphic element located off the layout page that has 90 degrees set. You clone an element and edit the text with arcpy.mapping functions on Layout Elements. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Have a look at the help for Layout Elements. There is a sample script for exactly this case so I won't bother to duplicate it here.</SPAN><BR /><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#//00s300000040000000">http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#//00s300000040000000</A></BODY></HTML> Fri, 30 May 2014 09:04:28 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/rotate-textelement-in-layout-view/m-p/350084#M27454 KimOllivier 2014-05-30T09:04:28Z