Align or rotate text in a cell
If you want to change the way data appears in a cell, you can rotate the font angle, or change the text alignment.
Change the orientation of text in a cell
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Select a cell, row, column, or a range.
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Select Home > Orientation
You can rotate your text up, down, clockwise, or counterclockwise, or align text vertically:
Rotate text to a precise angle
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Select a cell, row, column, or a range.
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Select Home > Orientation
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Under Orientation on the right side, in the Degrees box, use the up or down arrow to set the exact number of degrees that you want to rotate the selected cell text.
Positive numbers rotate the text upward. Negative numbers rotate the text downward.
Align a column or row
Begin by selecting the cell or cells you want to align. You can align text in a single cell, a range of cells, a row or rows, a column or columns, or the entire worksheet. (Use Ctrl+A to select all cells.)
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Select the cells you want to align.
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On the Home tab, in the Alignment group, select a horizontal alignment option:
Align Left
Center
Align Right
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On the Home tab, in the Alignment group, select a vertical alignment option:
Top Align
Middle Align
Bottom Align
Rotate text
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Align text
The alignment options let you define the placement of text within a cell on the horizontal axis and on the vertical axis.
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Select a cell, row, column, or a range.
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On the Home tab, in the Alignment section, select an alignment option:
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Top Align
Middle Align
Bottom Align
Align Left
Center
Align Right
Indent text
You can indent text or undo an indent.
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Select a cell, row, column, or a range.
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On the Home tab, in the Alignment section, select an indent option:
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Increase Indent
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Decrease Indent
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If you want to change the way data appears in a cell, you can rotate the font angle, or change the text alignment.
Change the orientation of text in a cell
-
Select a cell, row, column, or a range.
-
Select Home > Orientation
You can rotate your text up, down, clockwise, or counterclockwise, or align text vertically:
Rotate text to a precise angle
-
Select a cell, row, column, or a range.
-
Select Home > Orientation
-
Under Orientation on the right side, in the Degrees box, use the up or down arrow to set the exact number of degrees that you want to rotate the selected cell text.
Positive numbers rotate the text upward. Negative numbers rotate the text downward.
Align a column or row
Begin by selecting the cell or cells you want to align. You can align text in a single cell, a range of cells, a row or rows, a column or columns, or the entire worksheet. (Use ⌘+A to select all cells.)
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Select the cells you want to align.
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On the Home tab, select a horizontal alignment option:
Align Left
Center
Align Right
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On the Home tab, select a vertical alignment option:
Top Align
Middle Align
Bottom Align
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