To flush text along the right side of the page, press Ctrl+R or click the Align Right command button. This type of alignment is also known as ragged left or flush right. You can right-justify text on a single line by using a right-align tab. In Microsoft Word, when you try to center the text in a column of an inserted table, you may be unable to do so. For example, in Microsoft Office Word 2003, when you click Centered in the Pick formatting to apply list of the Styles and Formatting task pane, the centered formatting is not applied to the selected text as expected.
You can adjust paragraphs in a page, column, table cell, text box, or shape so that text is aligned to the left or right, centered, or aligned on both the left and right (justified).
You can also align text vertically in a text box, shape, or a table cell, column, or row.
- Select any portion of the text or click a text box or a shape with text; if you’re working in a table, click a table cell or select a row or column.
- In the Format sidebar, click the Style button near the top.If the text is in a text box, table, or shape, first click the Text tab at the top of the sidebar, then click the Style button.
- In the Alignment section, click the alignment buttons you want.
To apply these changes to all of the paragraphs in your document that use this paragraph style, click the Update button next to the paragraph style name at the top of the sidebar.
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