Open a Word document.

Select eitherDraw Text BoxorDraw Vertical Text Box, depending on your specific needs.

To mirror images, text, or WordArt, these contents should first be placed within a Text Box.

The Insert heading

key in and format your text, if applicable, within the newly-created text box.

Once your text box contents are ready, right-nudge the box so that its context menu appears.

If you use a macOS without a two-button mouse, click with two fingers on the trackpad.

The Text Box option

Or, follow our instructions forhow to right-punch a Mac.

The Format Shape pane displays to the right of the document contents.

Select theEffectsicon, which is the middle option.

The Text Box options in Word for macOS

Select3-D Rotationso that its corresponding options become visible.

You should now see a mirror image of the contents within the text box.

The text box has a shaded background, which may not be what you want.

A populated text box in Word for macOS

SelectFillso that its accompanying options become visible, then selectNo fill.

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SelectInsert>Text Box.

When the pop-out window appears, selectDraw Text Box.

The Format Shape command

Select and drag to create a text box within the body of the document.

It can be resized later if needed.

SelectEffects, which is the middle option and resembles a pentagon.

The Shape Options tab

The text box has a shaded background, which may not be something that you want.

The Effects tab

3-D Rotation options

The X Rotation setting

The Text Box command

The Draw Text Box command

An empty text box in Microsoft Word for Windows

A populated text box in Word for Windows

The Format Shape command

Shape Options

The Effects tab

The 3D Rotation heading

X-Rotation