<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TextEdit" rel="nofollow noreferrer">TextEdit</a></p>

<p>Format/ Make layout vertical</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/OfO0R.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/OfO0R.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

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For what it's worth, the feature is also on the context menu as Services→Orientation Layout→Vertical.  Also works on European languages, only with them, the letters also go sideways.
伟思礼
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Tang Ho
<blockquote>
  <p>Is there a convenient (preferably free of charge) word processor if I
  wish to type a Chinese document vertically?</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Microsoft word support this function. Click layout -> text direction -> vertical.</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/BDEl8.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/BDEl8.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

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000
<p>Regarding #2, you can try installing <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/stylebot/oiaejidbmkiecgbjeifoejpgmdaleoha?hl=en" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Stylebot</a> or a similar browser extension, then adding the following custom styles:</p>
<pre><code>body * {
  writing-mode: tb-rl;
  text-orientation: upright;
}

#stylebot-container * {
    writing-mode: lr-tb !important;
}
</code></pre>
<p>Layout will be anywhere from a bit messed up to massively messed up, depending on the site, but the text will be vertical. Not sure exactly why you'd want to do this, but there you go.</p>

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Lionel Rowe
<p>I am aware of <a href="http://www.haodoo.net" rel="nofollow noreferrer">好讀</a>, which allows you to read Chinese novels displayed vertically. </p>

<ol>
<li>Is there a convenient (preferably free of charge) word processor if I wish to type a Chinese document vertically? </li>
<li>When I browse a Chinese website, it there a way to convert the writing to the vertical direction?</li>
<li>Which website(s) display Chinese vertically?</li>
</ol>

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2020-05-04T03:11:07.450Z
Relevant SE questions: [Vertical Chinese text with XeTeX](https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/38577/vertical-chinese-text-with-xetex) (at TeX.SE) and [Plain text editor that supports vertical text (for Chinese, Japanese, etc)](https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/1794/plain-text-editor-that-supports-vertical-text-for-chinese-japanese-etc) (at SoftwareRecs.SE).
Becky 李蓓
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Which word processors and websites support vertical writing of Chinese?
# Which word processors and websites support vertical writing of Chinese?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-05-04)

I am aware of [好讀](http://www.haodoo.net), which allows you to read Chinese novels displayed vertically.

1. Is there a convenient (preferably free of charge) word processor if I wish to type a Chinese document vertically?
2. When I browse a Chinese website, it there a way to convert the writing to the vertical direction?
3. Which website(s) display Chinese vertically?

**Tags:** resources, software

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Relevant SE questions: [Vertical Chinese text with XeTeX](https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/38577/vertical-chinese-text-with-xetex) (at TeX.SE) and [Plain text editor that supports vertical text (for Chinese, Japanese, etc)](https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/1794/plain-text-editor-that-supports-vertical-text-for-chinese-japanese-etc) (at SoftwareRecs.SE).  

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2020-05-04. Score: 2

[TextEdit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TextEdit)

Format/ Make layout vertical

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/OfO0R.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/OfO0R.png)

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: For what it's worth, the feature is also on the context menu as Services→Orientation Layout→Vertical.  Also works on European languages, only with them, the letters also go sideways.  

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### Answer by username_4 on 2020-05-04. Score: 2

> Is there a convenient (preferably free of charge) word processor if I
> wish to type a Chinese document vertically?

Microsoft word support this function. Click layout -> text direction -> vertical.

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/BDEl8.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/BDEl8.png)


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### Answer by username_5 on 2020-07-21. Score: 1

Regarding #2, you can try installing Stylebot or a similar browser extension, then adding the following custom styles:
body * {
  writing-mode: tb-rl;
  text-orientation: upright;
}

#stylebot-container * {
    writing-mode: lr-tb !important;
}

Layout will be anywhere from a bit messed up to massively messed up, depending on the site, but the text will be vertical. Not sure exactly why you'd want to do this, but there you go.


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