Vertical Centering

[Bill Bunton]

I have an iMac OS-X w/Word X v 1.5

Q: How does one easily center a few lines of text (e.g. a
Title) vertically in the exact center of a page? I'm sure
there's a few clicks somewhere to do this--but where? Thank
you.

Bill

 

[Beth Rosengard]

I have an iMac OS-X w/Word X v 1.5

Q: How does one easily center a few lines of text (e.g. a
Title) vertically in the exact center of a page? I'm sure
there's a few clicks somewhere to do this--but where? Thank
you.

Bill

Hi Bill,

I'm not exactly sure what you want to do. Do you want the text to look like
this only centered?

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If that's the case, set the justification for center and then hit return
after you type each letter.

If you mean something else, you need to clarify.

--
Beth Rosengard
Mac MVP

Mac Word FAQ: <http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/WordMac/index.htm>
Entourage Help Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/toc.html>

 

[Clive Huggan]

Hi Bill,

I'm not exactly sure what you want to do. Do you want the text to look like
this only centered?

T
I
T
L
E

If that's the case, set the justification for center and then hit return
after you type each letter.

If you mean something else, you need to clarify.

Bill,

If you mean that you want the space above the title (from the base of the
text to the top edge of the page) to be the same as the space below the
title, it *can* be done by going to Format menu -> Document -> "Layout" tab
-> under "Vertical alignment" pop the menu down to "Center" (it's usually
"Top").

However, you need to create a separate section for this page, or the pages
that follow will also be centered vertically. I must admit don't use this
setting, because I try to minimize the number of sections in my long
documents in the interests of minimizing document corruption.

(I'm using Word 2001, which may differ from your version.)


-- Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
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[Beth Rosengard]

Bill,

If you mean that you want the space above the title (from the base of the
text to the top edge of the page) to be the same as the space below the
title, it *can* be done by going to Format menu -> Document -> "Layout" tab
-> under "Vertical alignment" pop the menu down to "Center" (it's usually
"Top").

However, you need to create a separate section for this page, or the pages
that follow will also be centered vertically. I must admit don't use this
setting, because I try to minimize the number of sections in my long
documents in the interests of minimizing document corruption.

(I'm using Word 2001, which may differ from your version.)


-- Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia

Oh, of course! Funny how the mind can grasp a concept and refuse to see
alternatives (at least *my* mind . I'm sure your interpretation of the
question is correct, Clive; mine didn't make any sense, but that was how I
read it :-\ .

Beth