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• Align Center : Text is aligned keeping in mind the centre of the page with irregular placement of text on both
left and right margins.
• Justified : Text is aligned properly on both left and right margins.
This text is left aligned. This text is right aligned. This text is centred. This text has justified.
Alignment refers to the Alignment refers to the Alignment refers to the Alignment refers to the
placement of text/paragraph placement of text/paragraph placement of text/paragraph placement of text/paragraph
with respect to the margins of with respect to the margins of with respect to the margins of with respect to the margins
the page. The alignment with the page. The alignment with the page. The alignment with of the page. The alignment
respect to the left and right respect to the left and right respect to the left and right with respect to the left and
margins of a page is called margins of a page is called margins of a page is called right margins of a page is
horizontal alignment. horizontal alignment. horizontal alignment. called horizontal alignment.
To use left alignment: To use center alignment:
Short key To use right alignment: To use justified alignment:
+
+
Ctrl
L
Ctrl
E
Ctrl + R Ctrl + J
The alignment of the text with respect to top and bottom margins of text in a cell of a table is called vertical alignment.
This gets activated only when data is selected in a table. There are three types of vertical alignment:
• Top: Text is aligned with respect to the top margin
• Center: Text is aligned with respect to the vertical centre of the cell.
• Bottom: Text is aligned with respect to the bottom margin.
To change the alignment of the selected paragraph, follow the given steps:
Step 1: Click on Format menu and select the Paragraph option. The ‘Paragraph’ dialog box will appear on the screen.
Step 2: Click on Alignment tab.
Step 3: Select the required alignment option from the Options section and Text-to-text section.
Step 4: Click on OK button to apply the selected alignment option.
You can also change the alignment of the text by selecting Format menu → Align Text option → Left/Centered/Right/
Justified/Top/Center/Bottom option.
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