In this tutorial, you'll learn how to position a block of text centered on the horizontal and vertical axes, simply in the middle of a Word document. This technique is often used for cover pages, quotations and sometimes titles.
🌎 The French version of this publication : Aligner le texte horizontalement et verticalement dans Word
When writing this article, I am using Microsoft Office Word 2016. Please note that the appearance and location of certain components, menus or options in the Word toolbar may vary depending on the specific version of Word you are using.
1. Center text horizontally
To align a block of text to the center of the document's horizontal axis, follow these steps :
- Select the text you wish to center.
- Go to the
Home
tab in the Microsoft Word toolbar. - In the
Paragraph
section of theHome
tab, click on theCenter
alignment option or use the keyboard shortcutCTRL + E
.
2. Center text vertically
To align a block of text with the center of the document's vertical axis, follow these steps :
- Select the text you wish to center.
- Go to the
Disposition
tab in the Microsoft Word toolbar. - In the
Page layout
section of theDisposition
tab, look for options relating to the vertical alignment of text. This may require displaying the full range of layout options by clicking on a dedicated arrow or button.
Once you have opened the Page layout
dialog box, proceed as follows:
- Go to the
Disposition
tab. - In the
Page
section, look for theVertical alignment
drop-down list and select theCentered
option. - In the
Overview
section, find theApply to
drop-down list and select theTo selected text
option. - Finally, click the
OK
button to apply the changes.
By following all these steps, the text block will be centered horizontally and vertically in your document.
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