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 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).
- click the Align Left
- 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.
- click the Align Top
- 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.
- use the Horizontal Text
- Fit your data to the column width clicking the Wrap Text
icon.
Note: if you change the column width, data wrapping adjusts automatically.