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).
- 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.
To rotate the text by an exactly specified angle, click the Cell settings
icon at the right sidebar and use the Orientation. Enter the necessary value measured in degrees into the Angle field or adjust it using the arrows on the right.
- 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.