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Aligning Cell Content

Calc has seven alignment options to position the content of cells.
v Align Left: to align content to the left of the cell.
v Align Center: to align content between left and right of the cell.
v Align Right: to align content to the right of the cell.
v Justifi ed: to align the content of the cell with the left and to the right borders.

v Align Top: to align content to the top of the cell.
v Center Vertically: to align content between top and bottom of the cell.
v Align Bottom: to align content to the bottom of the cell.
Just select the cell and click on the required option from the Formatting toolbar.
Align Right Align Bottom

Align Left

Center Vertically
Align Center Align Top
Look at these cells with different alignments.

Keyboard shoutcut for:
Align left: Ctrl +L Align Right: Ctrl +R
Centered: Ctrl +C Justify: Ctrl +J

Aligning Cell Contents Using the Dialog Box
We know that the values entered in a cell have their default alignments as the text is aligned to the left and
numbers are right aligned by default. But a value in the cell can be aligned to left, right, center or justifi ed.
Calc also allows to align the cell values vertically as top, bottom, or center if the row height is more than the text
size.
To change the horizontal or vertical alignment:

Step 1: Select the range of cells whose alignment is to be changed.
Step 2: Click on Format menu and select Cells option. The Format Cells dialog box appear with Number tab
selected in it.

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