<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body><div><div style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Richard, go to angle in the composer, item properties, click the drop down at field name angle,n choose your preferred angle. Also make sure you lock the map layer so the text or any changes you make in the composer, doesn't affect the map layer n vice versa<br><br>Thanks <br><br><br><br>For God and My Country<br>Consultant in: GIS,Forestry and Environment @ Earth Consult(U) Ltd.<br>Rotarian at RC. Bweyogerere Namboole<br>Mob: 0772/0752-841118<br>Sent from Lumia Windows phone </div></div><div dir="ltr"><hr><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">From: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="mailto:richard.mcdonnell@opw.ie">Richard McDonnell</a></span><br><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Sent: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">06/03/2015 18:01</span><br><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">To: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="mailto:Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org">Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org</a></span><br><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Subject: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">[Qgis-user] Lables in Composer</span><br><br></div>I was wondering if anyone knows of a way to auto Rotate text in Composer?<br>I have a Map, which needs to be rotated to Print out on A4, having North <br>at an angle, which means all my horizontal text is skewed in composer.<br> I have at present added additional fields to allow for Label <br>Relocation and rotation, which gets me over the issue in the meantime, <br>It does of course skew the text in the canvas.<br>It would be nice if there was a way in Composer to select these field <br>values, this would leave the Text in the Canvas as is, and rotate it in <br>the composer.<br>If this is not available yet, maybe it could be added in a future update.<br>Regards,<br><br>Richard McDonnell<br><br><br>OPW - Ag féachaint don am atá le teacht - Ag caomhnú ón am atá thart<br>OPW - Looking to the future - Caring for the past<br><br>**********************************************************************<br>Email Disclaimer: http://www.opw.ie/en/disclaimer/ <br>**********************************************************************<br><br><br></body></html>