Cannot center highlighted text

[angeline]

Version: 2008 I am trying to center only one line of text, but even when I have the selected text highlighted, Word insists on centering the entire page of text. Help!

 

[CyberTaz]

Center alignment is a Paragraph formatting attribute. You can't center align
just one line of a paragraph unless that line comprises the entire
paragraph. It sounds like you have one long paragraph. Turn on the
non-printing characters (¶) so you can see what you're dealing with.

If necessary reply with complete details... I'm afraid there isn't much else
to suggest unless you provide a better image of what you're working with.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[angeline]

Yes, what you describe seems to be the case - the document I'm working with needs to have soft returns rather than hard, and this is causing Word to see the entire document as one paragraph, so I'm unable to use the center feature for solely any one line. I wish there were some way around this! Thank you for your response.

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Angeline:

Yes, what you describe seems to be the case - the document I'm working with
needs to have soft returns rather than hard,

Why?

Tell us what you are trying to do, and we will find a way around that for
you.

and this is causing Word to see
the entire document as one paragraph,

More to the point: The entire document IS a single paragraph.

I wish there were some way around this!

I expect there is. Give us a little more detail on what you are trying to
accomplish, and we'll help you to find it.

A useful rule of thumb in Word is "Word can do anything you can think of!".
Sometimes it does require a fair bit of thinking, but Word can almost always
do it.

Cheers

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[Rob Schneider]

Is it more complicated than making that one line its own paragraph and
then centering it? This means editing that one line, but not the entire
document (a job for later, if needed).


--rms

www.rmschneider.com