Word 2007 - how to centre text in a label horizontally and vertically
My OS is win 7 prof 64 bit and I use Word 2007. I created a label for avery 5162 How do i centre the text vertically and horizontally ( this I know how) but vertically in the label? thank u.
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in response to GrahamSikan, thank u for your suggested solution, but I am lost as usual on the sequence of steps. Hope u can elaborate where the buttons are, like "a button in the alignment group in the Table Tools/Labout Tab,' etc. Thank u for taking the tme to respond to my Q. Gracias.
Label text is contained in a borderless table. When you have selected the label, you will see the Table Tools tab appear above the standard tabs which are now augmented with two new tabs, Design and Layout.
Click on the Layout tab, and you should see the Alignment group towards the right. On the left of the group there is a block of nine small buttons, each of which will set the horizontal and the vertical alignment of the selected table cell. Appropriately you need to use the one in the centre of the group.
It will help to use the View Gridlines button in the Table group. You will then be able to see where the label cells are. You might also like to show formatting marks with the Show/Hide button (¶) on the Home tab. The pilcrow symbols (paragraph marks) and cell delimiters will then be visible even in otherwise empty cells so you can see which of them have been aligned.
Click on the Layout tab, and you should see the Alignment group towards the right. On the left of the group there is a block of nine small buttons, each of which will set the horizontal and the vertical alignment of the selected table cell. Appropriately you need to use the one in the centre of the group.
It will help to use the View Gridlines button in the Table group. You will then be able to see where the label cells are. You might also like to show formatting marks with the Show/Hide button (¶) on the Home tab. The pilcrow symbols (paragraph marks) and cell delimiters will then be visible even in otherwise empty cells so you can see which of them have been aligned.
@jegajothy - I just use the Label Wizard (not a table structure) for labels.
Here is a typical setup of the Wizard.
I took the setup from Word 2010, but it has been essentially the same since Word XP (2002)
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Here is a typical setup of the Wizard.
I took the setup from Word 2010, but it has been essentially the same since Word XP (2002)
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Thank u everyone, excellent response for me to follow. Thank u.
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your suggestion doesn't actually centre the text. Remember that mail merge can produce a variable number of lines, so simply adjusting margins doesn't quite do the job,
Eric
I have tested the use of the alignment method via the Table properties. It works for all the selected cells, so is quicker than using the ribbon button as I suggested, and makes my alternative macro redundant.
your suggestion doesn't actually centre the text. Remember that mail merge can produce a variable number of lines, so simply adjusting margins doesn't quite do the job,
Eric
I have tested the use of the alignment method via the Table properties. It works for all the selected cells, so is quicker than using the ribbon button as I suggested, and makes my alternative macro redundant.
Graham: A "ying" method usually has it's comparable "yang" method. I often appreciate your VBA code snippets as a base to use for related problems. In this case, I can see how it might be used as part of a solution to how to apply some conditional formatting to a complex table -- and where no easy interface solution could accomplish it.
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