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How to Adjust Paragraph Alignment in Word
The text in your paragraphs is aligned to the left margin by default, but you can easily align it to the right margin, center it between the margins, or justify it to spread evenly between the margins on a page. Align a Paragraph
Examples: Left Aligned Right Aligned Center Aligned Justified
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on August 17, 2020, 11:40 AM PDT You don't need a table to apply left and right alignment to the same line of text in Microsoft Word if you know this simple trick. Applying separate right and left alignment to the same line of text is impossible in Word; the format goes with the entire line. Usually, when you need that kind of arrangement, you might insert a table with two or more cells and apply the alignments to the cells. It works and it’s easy, but you have to insert a table every time one of these lines occurs. In this article, I’ll show you
another way that might be easier. Knowing both ways lends a bit of flexibility so you can choose what works best within any given situation. SEE: How Apple users can make the most of Microsoft 365 at work (TechRepublic Premium) I’m using Microsoft 365 on a Windows 10 64-bit system, but you
can use earlier versions. There’s no demonstration file: You won’t need one. This technique isn’t appropriate for the browser edition: It won’t let you set a tab, and it won’t display pre-existing tabs correctly, within the context of this technique. If you’re not familiar with tabs, try reading Learning how to use tabs correctly is the
best way to ensure that columnar data stays where you put it. However, you won’t need to read it to work through this article. You probably already know about Word’s four alignment choices: left, center, right, and flush. You’ll find them in the Paragraph group on the Home tab. Figure A shows an example of all four. As mentioned, there’s no option that allows left and right on the same line. It is possible though, using a
right-aligned tab. Figure A About aligned tabsAn aligned tab is exactly what it sounds like. It lets you determine the alignment of text with a tab. With tabs, you have five options:
We’re going to apply the left-aligned property to the text. Then, we’ll use a right-aligned tab to right-align a portion of that text. How to set a right-aligned tabBefore setting the tab, check the document’s margins. If you’re using the out-of-the-box Normal template, the right and left margins are both 1 inch, as shown in Figure B. However, if you look at the right margin on the ruler, you’ll find that it’s set at 6.5, not 7.5. (That position is determined by your printer if different.) Remember that margin (it might be different for you). You’ll set the right-aligned tab to the same position as that default right margin. Figure B Now, let’s create that right-aligned tab as follows:
Figure C Now let’s try it out. Enter some text, such as This line is both left and right aligned. The line is left-aligned by default. Click to the left of the text you want to right align. For this example, click to the left of “right-aligned,” and press Tab. Figure D shows the results of using the right-aligned tab to push part of the text to the right margin. It doesn’t matter how much text you push to the right, the tab will align it perfectly. Figure D If you have to set this up only once, it really isn’t superior to a table. However, if you’re going to have several lines that require both left and right aligned text, it is better than a table because you only have to set the right-aligned tab once to use it again and again. If you don’t get similar results, check your right margin again (see Figure B) and make sure you entered the same measurement when creating the right-aligned tab. Stay tunedIn an upcoming article, I’ll show you how to do the same thing using a table for those times when setting a right-aligned tab are inconvenient. Also See
Which alignment align the text from left and right?Align the text left or right
Select the text that you want to align. On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click Align Left or Align Right .
Which button is used to align a paragraph with both the left and right margins?Ctrl+J Justify - aligns text to both the left and right margins by adding extra spaces between words.
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