Highlight the cells across which the text should span. Then on the menu bar:
Format Cells, click the Alignment tab. Select the 'merge cells' checkbox
and, if you want, use the dial to orient the text.

"BThrasher" wrote:

How can I type vertical text across multiple cells. I need to type text from
C2: downward across several cells depending on the length of the word. If I
try it it wants to enlarge the size of C2: to accommodate the text.