Sorry for any confusion but it wasn't clear that you're using Publishing Layout View. Working in Publishing Layout View is significantly different in many ways from working with standard Word documents because you're strictly dealing with objects. Hold down Shift and use the mouse or touchpad to select the objects that you want to align. When you select a shape or multiple objects, Word displays the Shape Format tab (or the Picture Format tab if you've selected a picture). If you do not see Align on the. I'm doing this in Microsoft Word for a MAC. I'm pretty sure it's similar on a PC, but if you're working with Pages for a MAC the process is different. I'll do another video to show how to do this.

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How To Align Text In Word Document

When you want to line up your text with the top, middle, or bottom of the page, align the text vertically in Microsoft Word. This feature is helpful to create the correct alignment for a title page, or to add visual interest to any page or pages of a document. Here's how to do it.

Instructions in this article apply to Word for Office 365, Word 2019, 2016, 2013, 2010, 2007, and 2003.

How to Vertically Align Text in Word

To left-align a paragraph, press Ctrl+L or click the Align Left command button. This type of alignment is also known as ragged right. Left-aligning a paragraph is how you undo the other types of alignment. The Microsoft Word settings align text vertically to the top of the document by default, but the settings can be changed to center the text vertically, align it to the bottom of the page, or justify it vertically on the page.

When you want to position text in a section of a document relative to the top and bottom margins, use vertical alignment.

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To reflect a change in vertical alignment, your page or pages must be only partially full of text.

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 your version of Word).
In the Page Setup group, select the Page Setup dialog launcher arrow in the lower-right corner.
In the Page Setup dialog box, choose the Layout tab.
In the Page section, select the Vertical alignment dropdown arrowand choose either Top, Center, Justified, or Bottom.
If you choose Justified, the text is spread out evenly from top to bottom.
Your text will now be aligned the way you selected.

For Word 2003

To vertically align text in Microsoft Word 2003:

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Select File.
Select the Vertical alignment dropdown 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 your version of Word).
In the Page Setup group, select the Page Setup dialog launcher in the lower-right corner.
In the Page Setup dialog box, choose the Layout tab.
In the Page section, select the Vertical alignment dropdown arrow and choose an alignment.
In the Preview section, select the Apply to dropdown arrowand 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 your cursor and then:

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Go to the Layout tab (or Page Layout, depending on your version of Word).
In the Page Setup group, select the Page Setup arrow in the lower-right corner.
In the Page Setup dialog box, choose the Layout tab.
In the Page section, select the Vertical alignment dropdown arrow and choose an alignment.
In the Preview section, select the Apply to dropdown arrowand choose This point forward.

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