ARCHIVED: In Microsoft Word, how do I justify text on a page?
To space text evenly on the page in Microsoft Word, follow the appropriate instructions below.
On this page:
Changing the vertical alignment
Word 2010 and 2007 for Windows
- From the tab, open the
Page Setup...dialog box (using the button in the lower right corner of the Page Setup group). - Select the tab.
- In the "Vertical alignment:" box, select , and then click .
Word for Mac OS X
- From the menu, select .
- Select the tab.
- From the menu, select , and then click .
Changing the horizontal alignment
Note: Because the last line of text in a paragraph
is often shorter than the other lines, it may not appear to be
justified. To justify the last line in a justified paragraph, place
the insertion point at the end of the last line, and then press
Shift-Enter (Shift-Return on a Mac). Use the
Enter key on the main keyboard, not on the keypad. This
will insert a soft return (i.e., a non-paragraph-ending return). Be
aware that justifying a very short line of text may look odd because
of the large amount of space that will be created between the words.
Word 2010 and 2007 for Windows and Word 2011 for Mac
- Select the text you want to justify.
- From the tab, click the icon
(
) in the "Paragraph" group*.
Word 2008 and earlier for Mac
- Select the text you want to justify.
- On the "Formatting" toolbar, click the icon
( )*.
*Alternatively, after selecting the text
you want to justify, you can right-click it (control-click on a Mac)
and select . In the Paragraph dialog
box, select the tab and, from the
drop-down list, select .
The above instructions were adapted from the following articles:
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Last modified on 2018-01-18 12:11:06.