Align text

You can adjust paragraphs in a page, column, table cell, text box, or shape so that text is aligned to the left or right border, centered, or aligned on both left and right (justified).

Align or justify text

  1. Click anywhere in a paragraph, or select multiple paragraphs.

    Your settings apply only to the paragraphs you select, and not to the whole document.

  2. Click the Style button near the top of the sidebar.

    If you don’t see a sidebar, or it doesn’t have a Style button, click Format inspector button in the toolbar. If the text is in a text box, table, or shape, first click the Text tab at the top of the sidebar, then click the Style button.

  3. In the Alignment section, click one of the four alignment buttons.

    The two buttons below the four buttons change the indentation of the paragraph.

If you want to apply these changes to all of the paragraphs in your document that use this paragraph style, click the Update button next to the paragraph style name at the top of the sidebar.