How to Vertically Align Text in Word
When you want to position text in a section of a document relative to the top and bottom margins, use vertical alignment.
For Microsoft Word 2019, 2016, 2013, 2010, and 2007
Open the Word document in which you want to vertically align the text. Go to the Layout tab (or Page Layout, depending on the version of Word). In the Page Setup group, select the Page Setup dialog launcher (which is located in the lower-right corner of the group). In the Page Setup dialog box, choose the Layout tab. In the Page section, select the Vertical alignment drop-down arrow and choose either Top, Center, Justified, or Bottom. If you choose Justified, the text is spread out evenly from top to bottom. Select OK. Your text will now be aligned the way you selected.
For Word 2003
To vertically align text in Microsoft Word 2003:
Select File. Choose Page Setup. In the Page Setup dialog box, select Layout. Select the Vertical alignment drop-down arrow and choose either Top, Center, Justified, or Bottom. Select OK.
Vertically Align Part of a Word Document
When you use the steps above, the default condition is to change the vertical alignment of the entire Microsoft Word document. If you want to change the alignment of only part of the document, select the text you want to vertically align.
Here’s how to vertically align part of a document:
Select the text you want to vertically align. Go to the Layout tab (or Page Layout, depending on the version of Word). In the Page Setup group, select the Page Setup dialog launcher (it’s located in the lower-right corner of the group). In the Page Setup dialog box, choose the Layout tab. In the Page section, select the Vertical alignment drop-down arrow and choose an alignment. In the Preview section, select the Apply to drop-down arrow and choose Selected text. Select OK to apply the alignment to the selected text. Any text before or after the selection retains the existing alignment choices.
If you don’t select text prior to performing the alignment selection, the Selected text preference can only be applied from the cursor’s current location to the end of the document.
To make this work, position the cursor, then:
Go to the Layout tab (or Page Layout, depending on the version of Word). In the Page Setup group, select the Page Setup dialog launcher (which is located in the lower-right corner of the group). In the Page Setup dialog box, choose the Layout tab. In the Page section, select the Vertical alignment drop-down arrow and choose an alignment. In the Preview section, select the Apply to drop-down arrow and choose This point forward. Select OK to apply the alignment to the text.
