diff -r 304e9028b5d2 sw/source/core/docnode/ndtbl1.cxx
--- a/sw/source/core/docnode/ndtbl1.cxx	Mon Jan 24 10:35:39 2011 +0100
+++ b/sw/source/core/docnode/ndtbl1.cxx	Wed Jan 26 16:12:07 2011 +0100
@@ -1216,6 +1216,18 @@
                     else if( rToFill != rDir )
                         bRet = FALSE;
                 }
+                case RES_VERT_ORIENT:
+                {
+                    const SwFmtVertOrient& rOrient =
+                                    aBoxes[i]->GetFrmFmt()->GetVertOrient();
+                    if( !bOneFound )
+                    {
+                        (SwFmtVertOrient&)rToFill = rOrient;
+                        bOneFound = TRUE;
+                    }
+                    else if( rToFill != rOrient )
+                        bRet = FALSE;
+                }
             }
 
             if ( FALSE == bRet )
diff -r 304e9028b5d2 sw/source/core/unocore/unotbl.cxx
--- a/sw/source/core/unocore/unotbl.cxx	Mon Jan 24 10:35:39 2011 +0100
+++ b/sw/source/core/unocore/unotbl.cxx	Wed Jan 26 16:12:07 2011 +0100
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
 #include <com/sun/star/text/TextContentAnchorType.hpp>
 #include <com/sun/star/text/TableColumnSeparator.hpp>
 #include <com/sun/star/text/XTextSection.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/text/VertOrientation.hpp>
 #include <com/sun/star/table/ShadowFormat.hpp>
 #include <com/sun/star/table/TableBorder.hpp>
 #include <com/sun/star/table/TableBorderDistances.hpp>
@@ -4246,6 +4247,14 @@
 					pDoc->SetBoxAttr( *pCrsr, aNumberFormat);
 				}
 				break;
+                case RES_VERT_ORIENT:
+                {
+                    sal_Int16 nAlign = -1;
+                    aValue >>= nAlign;
+                    if( nAlign >= text::VertOrientation::NONE && nAlign <= text::VertOrientation::BOTTOM)
+                        pDoc->SetBoxAlign( *pCrsr, nAlign );
+                }
+                break;
 				case FN_UNO_RANGE_ROW_LABEL:
 				{
 					sal_Bool bTmp = *(sal_Bool*)aValue.getValue();
@@ -4325,6 +4334,15 @@
                     rBoxItem.QueryValue(aRet, pEntry->nMemberId);
                 }
                 break;
+                case RES_VERT_ORIENT:
+                {
+                    SwFmtVertOrient aVertOrient;
+                    if( pTblCrsr->GetDoc()->GetBoxAttr( *pTblCrsr, aVertOrient ) )
+                    {
+                        aVertOrient.QueryValue( aRet, pEntry->nMemberId );
+                    }
+                }
+                break;
                 case RES_BOXATR_FORMAT:
 					//GetAttr fuer Tabellenselektion am Doc fehlt noch
 					DBG_WARNING("not implemented");