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Text Alignment

Aligning text in column and rows in Word 2016 is a matter of choosing how you want
the text to line up vertically and how you want it to line up horizontally.

The following figure shows where the Align button are on the (Table Tools) Layout tab
and how these options align text in a table.

Align Align Align
Top Left Top Center Top Right

Align
Align Align Center
Center
Center Right
Left

Align Bottom Align Align Bottom
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Let’s Learn... Left Bottom Center Right
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To set the text alignments.

1. Select the cell or cells whose alignment is to be changed.

2. In the Alignment group of the Layout tab, select the alignment you want.
8 Default alignment as we enter text in a cell is top left.

8 Direction of the text written in a cell can be changed by clicking repeatedly

on the Text Direction button in Alignment Group of the Layout tab.

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8 Table are often use to organise and present information.

8 You can convert text separated by a specific character, such as a tab into a table.
8 If a row is deleted then the row below it takes its place.

8 After you create a table, Word 2016 offers you many ways to format the table.

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