![]() Once multiple cells have been merged they will act as one individual cell. Merging cells combines the contents and formatting of one individual cell to multiple cells. Now looking at Merge & Center, I have a table header which would look much better if it was centered over the entire table instead of stuck in a single cell off to the left: I also increase the height of the row and decrease the width of the columns to allow the text wrapping to take effect like it is below: I select the cells then click the Wrap Text button. This allows you to reduce the length of your cells without increasing the height too much, which is a handy tool to make a table look neater.Īs the Order Number, Order Total, Order Time and Order Completion column headings are much wider than the numbers contained within the columns I am going to apply text wrapping to these cells. Looking at the Wrap Text button first, this button allows text/cell values to run on to more than one line within its own cell if there isnt enough space. From left to right, the first will align top, the next button will align middle and the last will bottom align.įor more advanced Alignment features, I can use the Wrap Text and/or Merge & Center buttons. The alignment buttons above these will adjust the vertical alignments. The buttons to the left and right of this will align left and right respectively. First I select the column headings then click on the button in the Alignment section of the Home tab. Say I wanted my column headings to be centered. All cells will be bottom aligned by default. ![]() By default Excel will left align text and right align numbers. This is how the table currently looks:Ĭells can be aligned in both the vertical and horizontal planes. (For versions of Excel prior to 2007, right-click on selected cells, select Format Cells and then the Alignment tab)įor these examples I am going to re-use the Order Table from the previous tutorials. To align one or more cells just select the cells you wish to align and navigate to the Alignment section of the Home tab. ![]() These features allow you to change how data looks WITHIN cells in Excel. In this tutorial I am going to look at cell alignment / arrangement. ![]()
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