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vertical alignment in a text box
Is there really no simple way to vertically align text in a text box in Word?
I've seen one answer that said you have to create a 1 cell table instead but surely there must be a simple way of doing it? In fact I'm sure I did it once before, ages ago, but I really can't find a way of doing it now! Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! |
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You can put a border-less table cell inside the text box.
-- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Laura4363" wrote in message ... Is there really no simple way to vertically align text in a text box in Word? I've seen one answer that said you have to create a 1 cell table instead but surely there must be a simple way of doing it? In fact I'm sure I did it once before, ages ago, but I really can't find a way of doing it now! Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! |
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In a previous post, Jay Freedman said:
Instead of a text box, insert a one-cell table. You can drag it to the size you want and the location you want. Right-click the cell, choose Cell Alignment, and click the thumbnail for the alignment you want. -- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "Laura4363" wrote: Is there really no simple way to vertically align text in a text box in Word? I've seen one answer that said you have to create a 1 cell table instead but surely there must be a simple way of doing it? In fact I'm sure I did it once before, ages ago, but I really can't find a way of doing it now! Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! |
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vertical alignment in a text box
Publisher does allow you to specify the vertical alignment in text boxes. If
you have ever used Publisher, that's probably what you were thinking about. Aside from that, you can add Space Before to the first paragraph in the text box, just "eyeballing" the text and centering it visually, but if you want an automatic method, you're pretty much reduced to the one-cell table solution that you have rejected (and that a couple of other respondents have advocated). As Jay has indicated, you can actually use a table cell *instead of* a text box, and this is actually superior because text in a text box is invisible to Word in many ways, and text in a table is more accessible. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Laura4363" wrote in message ... Is there really no simple way to vertically align text in a text box in Word? I've seen one answer that said you have to create a 1 cell table instead but surely there must be a simple way of doing it? In fact I'm sure I did it once before, ages ago, but I really can't find a way of doing it now! Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! |
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