How Do You Center Vertically In Word On A Mac



  1. How Do You Center Vertically In Word On A Macbook Air
  2. How Do You Center Vertically In Word On A Mac Keyboard
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To align text vertically on a page, head over to the “Layout” tab and select the small icon in the bottom-right corner of the “Page Setup” group. This opens the “Page Setup” dialog box. Select the “Layout” tab and then click the arrow next to “Vertical Alignment” in the “Page” section. IOW, if you simply create the table, type a single line of text (or more) into a cell, then apply vertical centering you will most likely see no change take place - that's expected. If you then increase the row height by at least another line the text will shift appropriately to remain centered between top &. With that in mind, here are some options in the Vertical Justification section, and a description of what they do. If you want to vertically align text downwards from the top of the frame, choose 'Top', which is also the default setting. If you want to center lines of text in the frame, choose 'Center.'

WordHow Do You Center Vertically In Word On A Mac

To space text evenly on the page in Microsoft Word, follow theappropriate instructions below.

On this page:

  • Changing the vertical alignment
  • Changing the horizontal alignment

Changing the vertical alignment

Word 2010 and 2007 for Windows

  1. From the Page Layout tab, open the PageSetup... dialog box (using the button in the lower right cornerof the Page Setup group).
  2. Select the Layout tab.
  3. In the 'Vertical alignment:' box, select Justified, andthen click OK.
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Word for Mac OS X

  1. From the Format menu, select Document....
  2. Select the Layout tab.
  3. From the Vertical alignment menu, selectJustified, and then click OK.

Changing the horizontal alignment

Note: Because the last line of text in a paragraphis often shorter than the other lines, it may not appear to bejustified. To justify the last line in a justified paragraph, placethe insertion point at the end of the last line, and then pressShift-Enter (Shift-Return on a Mac). Use theEnter key on the main keyboard, not on the keypad. Thiswill insert a soft return (i.e., a non-paragraph-ending return). Beaware that justifying a very short line of text may look odd becauseof the large amount of space that will be created between the words.

Word 2010 and 2007 for Windows and Word 2011 for Mac

  1. Select the text you want to justify.
  2. From the Home tab, click the Justify icon( ) in the 'Paragraph' group*.

Word 2008 and earlier for Mac

How
  1. Select the text you want to justify.
  2. On the 'Formatting' toolbar, click the Justify icon( )*.

*Alternatively, after selecting the textyou want to justify, you can right-click it (control-click on a Mac)and select Paragraph. In the Paragraph dialogbox, select the Indents and Spacing tab and, from theAlignment drop-down list, select Justified.

How Do You Center Vertically In Word On A Macbook Air

The above instructions were adapted from the following articles:

Have you ever gone through the painful experience of painstakingly pressing Enter or your spacebar in an attempt to center an object perfectly on a page?

You’re probably aware of the option to center an object or text on a line, but there’s an additional capability that Word offers to center elements on the page.

How do you center vertically in word on a macbook pro

To change the alignment of text and objects on a page so that they appear in the center:

How Do You Center Vertically In Word On A Mac Keyboard

  1. Select what you want to center, and from the Page Layout tab, expand the Page Setup section.
  2. In the Layout tab, you’ll find a Vertical alignment drop-down menu in the Page section.
  3. Select Center from the drop-down menu. Make sure the Apply to drop-down menu has Selected text selected, and click OK.