Aligning Text in Excel - Image Tutorial

Text alignment in Excel is a little different than in other programs because it is relative to the cell the text is in and not the document. It is important when you want to enter a lot of text in a cell and still make it look good.

How to Center Text in Excel:

1. Open Microsoft Excel.(How do I open microsoft excel?)
2. Type in text.




3. Click on the cell with the text you would like to align.
4. Click on the center symbol on the formatting toolbar.



Or (instead of step 4)
5. Click Format on the menu bar.




6. Click Cells.




7. Select the "Alignment" tab.
8. Click on the arrow for horizontal alignment.
9. Click on "Center".
10. Click OK.

How to Center and Merge Text in Excel:

1. Open Microsoft Excel.(How do I open microsoft excel?)
2. Type in text.




3. Click on the cells with the text you would like to center and merge. (We need to select multiple cells to merge). We will select A1, B1, and C1.




4. Click on the center and merge symbol on the formatting toolbar.

How to Left Align Text in Excel:

1. Open Microsoft Excel.(How do I open microsoft excel?)
2. Type in text.




3. Click the cell with the text you would like to left align.
4. Click on the left align symbol on the formatting toolbar.



Or (instead of step 4)
5. Click Format on the menu bar.




6. Click Cells.




7. Select the "Alignment" tab.
8. Click on the arrow for horizontal alignment.
9. Click on "General". (this is the default setting)
10. Click OK.

How to Right Align Text in Excel:

1. Open Microsoft Excel.(How do I open microsoft excel?)
2. Type in text.




3. Click the cell with the text you would like to right align.
4. Click on the right align symbol on the formatting toolbar.



Or (instead of step 4)
5. Click Format on the menu bar.




6. Click Cells.




7. Select the "Alignment" tab.
8. Click on the arrow for horizontal alignment.
9. Click on "Right".
10. Click OK.

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