How to center text in Word

Centering text improves the appearance of the Word document.

There are the following methods that you can use to make your text center in Word document ?

Note: Using the below methods, you can center text in Word 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and Office 365.

Method 1: Center the text horizontally

This method is used to center the text between the left and right margins of the page.

Step 1: Select the text that you want to center in Word document.

Step 2: Go to the Home tab on the ribbon and click on the Center text icon in the Paragraph section, or you can also press the Ctrl+E key from the keyboard.

The screenshot below shows that the selected text is in the center of the page.

Method 2: Center the text vertically

This method id used to center the text between top to bottom margins of the page.

There are the following steps to center the text vertically ?

Step 1: Select the text that you want to center in Word document.

Step 2: Go to the Page Layout tab on the ribbon and click on the Dialog Box Launcher icon in the Page Setup section.

Step 3: A page Set up window appears on the screen in which do the following:

• Click on the Layout tab at the top of the screen.
• Select the Vertical alignment Center from the drop-down menu.
• Make sure apply to select as Whole document.
• Click on the OK button at the bottom of the screen.

The below screenshot shows that your selected text is centered vertically.