This document describes the process of centering text across a selection in Excel 2016. This is a valuable alternative to merging cells in Excel to avoid data manipulation issues.
Merging cells in Excel can be useful in some cases, but can be largely problematic when each individual cell in the group needs to be accessed later on.
To avoid this issue, use the Center Across Selection formatting option to create identical formatting to merged cells and avoid data issues.
Click on the 'Format' tab in the top menu bar.Hover over 'Merge cells' and select 'Merge horizontally' from the options.Select the center icon in the text alignment menu. This merges your selected cells and centers the text across them.
Click on the 'Format' tab in the top menu bar.Hover over 'Merge cells' and select 'Merge horizontally' from the options.Select the center icon in the text alignment menu. This merges your selected cells and centers the text across them.
Select the grouping of cells that you would like to merge. Right click on the selected area and click Format Cells. Click the Alignment tab at the top of the pop-up menu. In the Alignment tab, open the Horizontal dropdown and select Center Across Selection.
Now, press A to open the Alignment tab from the Format Cells dialog box. Press the Tab key, it will highlight the Horizontal field. Now, press the C key from the keyboard to choose the Center Across Selection option. Press ENTER key twice.
Click Page Layout > Margins > Custom Margins.In the Page Setup dialog box, under Center on page, select Horizontally and Vertically. This will center the sheet on the page when you print.
Alright, and now what we should be able to do, is if we want to apply it Center Across there, then it is Alt+H, and then J to open the Cell Styles, drop-down, up arrow once, and then Enter, and you've applied it!
TIP: The text that you are trying to center must be in the left most cell (first cell) of the selected range. Right-click and then select "Format Cells" from the popup menu. When the Format Cells window appears, select the Alignment tab. Click on "Center Across Selection" in the drop-down box called Horizontal.
In contrast to Merge Cells, Center Across Selection merely changes cell formats and truly centers data across a selected range. This attribute contrasts with Merge Cells deleting cells from the worksheet.
Select a cell or a cell range. Select Home > Cut or press Ctrl + X. Select a cell where you want to move the data. Select Home > Paste or press Ctrl + V.
To align your data horizontally, Microsoft Excel provides these options: Align Left. - aligns the contents along the left edge of the cell. Center. - puts the contents in the middle of the cell.
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