how to make mirror image text in Microsoft Word

So I'm flipping through my old blog posts ... yeah, I do stuff like that, don't hate me ... and realized this post had the most boring of blog post intros ever.  Like in the history of time ... well, make that Internet time.  I always try to add in some 'cheek' (oh how I wish I had an English accent.  Or could fake an English accent that didn't sound like the Queen Mum). Previously, this post started off like a lecture.  A very boring lecture.  Hence this new overly chatty intro ...

Now Professor Blogger will take over.  Try not to yawn too much.  The information is solid.

If you want to iron-on transfer numbers or words onto pillows or fabric or clothing – or whatever project you might have in mind – you need to start with mirror-image text.

Here’s my step-by-step tutorial on how to create mirror images in a Microsoft Word document using WordArt (I work with Word 2007 and/or Word 2010, depending on which laptop I can wrestle away from the kids).

Start by opening a word document, and then follow along with my screen cap instructions …

I used those mirror image numbers to make these numbered napkins ...


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