<p>In MS Word select <strong>Text Direction</strong> and change it to <em>vertical</em>.</p>

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<p>Word needs to have East Asian language features enabled to do this.</p>

<p>Word for Mac looks slightly different:</p>

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2019-02-14T14:20:27.557Z
To supplement： there are vertical text tool in other softwares like Photoshop.
sfy
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2019-02-12T13:41:26.600Z
2019-02-18T01:27:54.340Z
2019-02-18T01:27:54.340Z
Mou某
<p>Is there an easy way in Word or Text or other software to type Chinese vertically from the right to the left, such as the following?</p>

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2019-02-12T13:26:32.933Z
It totally depends on your typesetting software and this is off-topic
炸鱼薯条德里克
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2019-02-12T14:28:09.063Z
It's unclear whether software-related questions are on-topic, as discussed here:
https://chinese.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/237/faq-what-is-on-topic-and-off-topic-on-this-site
https://chinese.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/172/about-software-questions-site-faq
eaglebrain
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2019-02-17T19:07:31.507Z
Best to make clear what os you are talking anout — windows, mac, ios, or android
Tom Gewecke
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2019-02-17T20:48:55.333Z
@TomGewecke, I mostly use windows. But if you happen to know how it works in android, it would be great.
Zuriel
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2019-02-17T21:26:33.237Z
Sorry, only know Mac and iOS.
Tom Gewecke
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2020-08-20T23:43:59.083Z
I'll close this as a duplicate: the other question has the same answer along with other answers and remarks.
Becky 李蓓
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How to type Chinese vertically from the right to the left?
# How to type Chinese vertically from the right to the left?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-02-12)

Is there an easy way in Word or Text or other software to type Chinese vertically from the right to the left, such as the following?

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/0R8Q0.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/0R8Q0.png)

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: It totally depends on your typesetting software and this is off-topic  
> **username_2**: It's unclear whether software-related questions are on-topic, as discussed here: https://chinese.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/237/faq-what-is-on-topic-and-off-topic-on-this-site https://chinese.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/172/about-software-questions-site-faq  
> **username_3**: Best to make clear what os you are talking anout — windows, mac, ios, or android  
> **username_0**: @username_3, I mostly use windows. But if you happen to know how it works in android, it would be great.  
> **username_3**: Sorry, only know Mac and iOS.  
> **username_4**: I'll close this as a duplicate: the other question has the same answer along with other answers and remarks.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_5 on 2019-02-12. Score: 4

In MS Word select **Text Direction** and change it to *vertical*.

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/L0A3K.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/L0A3K.png)

Word needs to have East Asian language features enabled to do this.

Word for Mac looks slightly different:

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/vLLo4.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/vLLo4.png)

> **Comments:**
> **username_6**: To supplement： there are vertical text tool in other softwares like Photoshop.  

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