Align data in cells
You can align your data horizontally and vertically or even rotate data within a cell. To do that, select a cell, a range of cells with the mouse or the whole worksheet by pressing the Ctrl+A key combination. You can also select multiple non-adjacent cells or cell ranges holding down the Ctrl key while selecting cells/ranges with the mouse. Then perform one of the following operations using the icons situated at the Home tab of the top toolbar.
- Apply one of the horizontal alignment of the data within a cell,
- click the Align left icon to align your data by the left side of the cell (the right side remains unaligned);
- click the Align center icon to align your data by the center of the cell (the right and the left sides remains unaligned);
- click the Align right icon to align your data by the right side of the cell (the left side remains unaligned);
- click the Justified icon to align your data by both the left and the right sides of the cell (additional spacing is added where necessary to keep the alignment).
- Change the vertical alignment of the data within a cell,
- click the Align top icon to align your data to the top of the cell;
- click the Align middle icon to align your data to the middle of the cell;
- click the Align bottom icon to align your data to the bottom of the cell.
- Change the angle of the data within a cell, clicking the Orientation icon and choosing one of the options:
- use the Horizontal Text option to place the text horizontally (default option),
- use the Angle Counterclockwise option to place the text from the bottom left corner to the top right corner of a cell,
- use the Angle Clockwise option to place the text from the top left corner to the bottom right corner of a cell,
- use the Rotate Text Up option to place the text from bottom to top of a cell,
- use the Rotate Text Down option to place the text from top to bottom of a cell.
- Fit your data to the column width clicking the Wrap text icon.
Note: if you change the column width, data wrapping adjusts automatically.