Aligning Text in a Cell

Summary

In this article, you will learn the steps to align text in a cell within an Excel worksheet.

You can align text in a cell vertically (at the top, middle, or bottom of the cell) and/or horizontally (to the left, center, or right of the cell).

Step 1: Click the column header that you wish to align.
Step 2: On the Home tab, click the appropriate alignment option to display your text.
Step 3: If the text is too long, click the Wrap Text icon located to the right of the alignment options.

In this article, you will learn the steps to align text in a cell within an Excel worksheet.

The Excel worksheet is displayed. From the worksheet, select the appropriate cell(s) that contain the text you want to align.

Example shown here: Click column header J to select all cells in that column.

On the Home tab, click the appropriate alignment option to display your text.

Note: You can align cells vertically (top of cell, middle of cell, and bottom of cell) or horizontally (left, center, and right).

Example shown here: Click the Center option to center the text in the cell.

The text in the selected cell is now re-aligned.

If you have a long line of text, part of the text might not be visible. To fix this without changing the column width, click the Wrap Text button.

Article ID: 148783

Created

Sat 9/24/22 10:54 PM

Modified

Fri 1/5/24 5:04 PM