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Ways to center cells in tables on Word

Centering cells in Word when working with tables is an operation that must be performed to reformat the text in each cell according to regulations, as well as create a Word table with a more beautiful and easier-to-see layout. This is a basic operation and shows professionalism when you present Word documents, as well as format the layout for tables in Word.

There are many ways to center text in Word cells depending on the content in the table in Word and also according to the convenience of use for each person. The article below will guide you on how to center align in Word cells.

Method 1. Center the cell in Word using a keyboard shortcut

Using keyboard shortcuts in Word is the fastest way to do some things, including centering text in Word tables. We just need to highlight all the content in the table and then click Key combination Ctrl + E.

Use key combinations

As a result, all text content in the Word table cell has been centered as shown below.

Centered text

Method 2. Use the center command in Word

First, users need to highlight the content in the Word table and then click Layout tab on the Word document toolbar.

Click to select Layout

Now you look down below at Alignment sectionwe will click on it Align Center to center cells in Word.

Align Center

As a result, the entire content in the Word table has been centered.

Align Center

Method 3: Center at Paragraph

Select all the content in the table you want to center, then click Home, look at the item Paragraph then press select Align Center Just center the cell and you're done.

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Select the center icon

In case you want to create space above in each cell, select the Line and Paragraph Spacing icon and click Add Space Before Paragraph to center the cell in Word.

Add space in cells

Now you will see that each cell is evenly spaced.

Adjust cells

Method 4: How to align text using Cell Alignment

Step 1:

To be able to adjust the content to the middle of the cell, you cannot press Enter to break the line because this is a non-standard and inaccurate way to do it. We must use the Align Table function available on Word.

First, highlight the content that needs to be aligned to the center, then right-click and select Cell Alignment. A list of different positions in the table in Word appears to adjust the content in the table. Here we will select the middle position by clicking icon centered square.

Click on the center alignment icon

Step 2:

As a result, we will see that the content in the cell is aligned correctly in the middle as shown below.

Center the content in the Word cell

In addition, we can also use another method, which is to highlight the content, then click Layout tabthen look down Alignment section will also click Centered square icon.

Click the Layout tab

If you want to align the content in the Excel table cell, click Home tab and then click 2 icons centered horizontally and vertically as shown below.

Center cells in Excel

Aligning content on Word is a simple operation and is performed frequently when we work on Micorsoft's office tools. However, the way to align text will not be the same as when we align in tables. You must use the Align Table function in the table in Word.

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