Canva text box rotation is unintuitive enough to abandon projects
A frustrated user reports repeatedly being unable to rotate a text box in Canva despite multiple attempts, to the point of abandoning an in-progress design and avoiding the app afterward. The core complaint is that a basic manipulation action isn't discoverable or reliable in the editor.
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