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Text Alignment
                 Text alignment is the layout of the text in a paragraph with respect to the page margins i.e. the position
                 of the text in a paragraph, with respect to the different margins of the document. Text can be aligned
                 horizontally.

                 The alignment of the text with respect to left and right margins of the document is referred as horizontal
                 alignment. There are four types of horizontal text alignments. Left alignment is the default horizontal
                 alignment.


                     Left Alignment          Right Alignment          Center Alignment        Justified Alignment

                  It aligns the text       It aligns the text       It aligns the text       It aligns the text
                  towards left             towards right            centrally                equally towards both
                                                                                             the sides

                  This is an example           This is an example     This is an example     This  is  an  example  of
                  of text Alignment.            of text Alignment.    of text Alignment.     text  Alignment.  This
                  This example shows          This example shows     This example shows      example shows the text
                  the text alignment           the text alignment     the text alignment     alignment property by

                  property by which one    property by which one  property by which one  which one can format
                  can format the text in    can format the text in   can format the text in   the text in his/her own
                  his/her own way                his/her own way            his/her          way
                                                                           own way


                 To set the Horizontal alignment, follow these steps:

                 Step 1:   Select the text or a paragraph of the document.
                 Step 2:   Click the Format menu from the Menu bar.

                 Step 3:   Select the Paragraph option from the drop-down menu. The Paragraph dialog box opens.

                 Step 4:   Click the Alignment tab in the Paragraph dialog box.
                 Step 5:   Select the desired radio button to specify the alignment.

                 Step 6:   Click the OK button.

                          OR You can also align text using the Formatting toolbar. To align a paragraph:

                          Left: Click the Align Left button on the Formatting toolbar or press Ctrl + L on your keyboard.

                          Right: Click the Align Right button on the Formatting toolbar or press Ctrl + R on your
                          keyboard.
                          Centre: Click the  Centered button on the  Formatting toolbar  or  press  Ctrl + E on your
                          keyboard.

                          Justify: Click the Justify button on the Formatting toolbar or press Ctrl + J on your keyboard.







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