Ways to center cells in a table 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 easy-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 a Word cell depending on the content of the table in Word and also according to the convenience of each person. The following article will guide you through the ways to center text in a Word cell.

Method 1. Center cells in Word using shortcut keys

Using shortcut keys in Word is the fastest way to do some things, including centering text in a Word table. We just need to highlight all the content in the table and then press Ctrl + E .

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

Method 2. Use the center command in Word

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

Now look down below in the Alignment section , we will click on Align Center to center the cell in Word.

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

Method 3: Center at Paragraph

Select all the content in the table you want to center, then click on Home, look at Paragraph and click Align Center to center the cell.

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

Now you will see that each cell is evenly spaced.

Method 4: How to align text using Cell Alignment

Step 1:

To be able to align the content to the center of the cell, you cannot press Enter to go to the next line because this is not the standard and accurate way. We have to 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 on Word appears to adjust the content in the table. Here we will select the middle position by clicking on the center square icon .

Step 2:

As a result, we will see the content in the cell aligned properly in the center as shown below.

In addition, we can also use another way which is to highlight the content, then click on the Layout tab , then look down at the Alignment section and click on the center square icon .

If you want to align the content in an Excel table cell, click on the Home tab and then click on the 2 horizontal and vertical centering icons as shown below.

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

Video tutorial on aligning text in Word and Excel tables

See also:

• Create table of contents in Word automatically
• How to number pages in Word 2010
• How to number pages in Word 2007 from any page