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Note: In recent versions of Word, select the text box, click the Format tab and use the controls at the left side of the ribbon to add a border, change color, add a fill to the background, adjust the transparency and apply effects to the text box. Word 2008 and earlier for Mac. Select the text you want to justify. On the 'Formatting' toolbar, click the Justify icon ( )*. Back to top *Alternatively, after selecting the text you want to justify, you can right-click it (control-click on a Mac) and select Paragraph.
In Word for Mac you go to Format>Document. There, you will see the option for vertical alignment.
I'm trying to insert a table in Microsoft Word. The entire page would consist of only this table, and I want it to be perfectly centered (both horizontally and vertically) on the page.
I'm not having any trouble getting it perfectly centered horizontally on the page, but I can't seem to get it to vertically center on the page. I have the page layout set to center vertically, but there's an extra line below the table that it won't let me remove, which is causing extra spacing below it.
I'm using Microsoft Word 2010. How can I get this table to center perfectly vertically and ignore this silly line that it insists on being there?
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This should be pretty easy using the Table's properties. Try this:
- Select your table, then right click.
- On the Table Tab, Text Wrapping, choose Around. This should activate the Positioning option.
- Select Positioning, and in the Table Positioning dialog box, set:
- Horizontal Position = Center, Relative to Page
- Vertical Position = Center, Relative to Page
- Move with Text = unchecked
- OK out of the dialog boxes and your Table should be centered. And it should stay centered regardless of changes to the Table (e.g. adding rows) or changes to surrounding text (including the extra, 'silly line'.
FWIW, you shouldn't even have to modify the Page Layout Property, this solution addresses the Table's location regardless of the Page's properties, so any text you may want to add could still be top justified.
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Horizontal centering is fine as you stated, but IMO to achieve perfect vertical centering you'll have to place the table inside a text box, resize the text box to have the same margins on all 4 sides of the table, remove the text box border and finally center the text box on the page using either
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or Format / Align
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In a text box in Word, you can align text horizontally or vertically, and you can adjust the margins to be narrower or wider. Horizontal alignment determines how the left and right edges of a paragraph fit between the margins, while vertical alignment determines the placement of the text between the upper and lower margins.
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Align text horizontally
- In the text box, select the text that you want to change the horizontal alignment for.
- On the Home tab, click the alignment option that you want .
Align text vertically
You can align all the text in a text box with the top, middle, or bottom of the text box.
- Click the outer edge of the text box to select it.
- On the Shape Format tab, click Format Pane.
- Click the Shape Options tab if it isn't already selected.
- Click the text box icon , and then click Text Box.
- Choose Top, Middle, or Bottom from the Vertical alignment drop-down list.
Adjust the text box margins
- Click the outer edge of the text box to select it.
- On the Shape Format tab, click Format Pane.
- Click the Shape Options tab if it isn't already selected.
- Click the text box icon , and then click Text Box.
- You can adjust the left, right, top, and bottom margins.
Align text horizontally
- In the text box, select the text that you want to change the horizontal alignment for.
- On the Home tab, under Paragraph, click the alignment option that you want .
Align text vertically
You can align all the text in a text box with the top, middle, or bottom of the text box.
- Click the outer edge of the text box to select it.
- Click the Format tab (the purple contextual tab that appears next to the Home tab), and then under Text Box, click Change text alignment within the text box .
- Click the alignment option that you want.
Adjust the text box margins
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- Click the outer edge of the text box to select it.
- On the Format menu, click Shape.
- In the left pane of the Format Shape dialog box, click Text Box.
- Under Internal Margin, adjust the measurements to increase or decrease the distance between the text and the outer border of the text box.