Align Text

Set the alignment options for the current text paragraph in its container.

The container can be a text document page, a spreadsheet or table cell, a text box, a drawing shape.

To access this command...

Choose Format - Align (LibreOffice Writer, LibreOffice Calc).

Choose Shape - Align (objects selected) (LibreOffice Draw).

Open context menu - choose Align (objects selected) (LibreOffice Impress, LibreOffice Draw).

Left

Aligns the selected paragraph(s) to the container left margin.

Right

Aligns the selected paragraph(s) to the container right margin.

Centered

Centers the selected paragraph(s) on the surrounding container.

Aligns the selected paragraph(s) to the left and the right container margins. If you want, you can also specify the alignment options for the last line of a paragraph by choosing Format - Paragraph - Alignment.

Top

Vertically aligns the selected text to the top of the container.

Center

Vertically centers the selected text in the container.

Bottom

Vertically aligns the selected text to the bottom of the container.