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Word 2003

Align Text

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Introduction

By the end of this lesson, you should be able to:

  • Use alignment buttons to align text
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Aligning Text

Aligning text can be invaluable when trying to format your document to meet certain standards. Most documents have text that is left aligned. However, if you were creating a greeting card or advertisement, you might need to know how to center align, right align, or justify your text.

Align text using the alignment buttons:

  • Select the text you want to align.
  • Click the Align Left, Center, Align Right, or Justify button on the Formatting toolbar.

Alignment Buttons

Read on to view examples of aligned text.

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Aligning text

Below are examples of text that are aligned using the left, right, center, and justified alignment buttons.

Alignment Examples

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Challenge!

  • Download and save this Cover Letter Word document to complete the challenges below.
  • Open the document.
  • Left align the entire letter.
  • Delete the placeholder information, and type the proper information for the date, address block, and signature.
  • Save and close the document.