Left-align text
Place the insertion point anywhere in the paragraph, document, or table that you want to align.

Press Ctrl+L.

Right-align text
Place the insertion point anywhere in the paragraph, document, or table that you want to align.

Press Ctrl+R.

Center text
Place the insertion point anywhere in the paragraph, document, or table that you want to align.

Press Ctrl+E.

Justify text
Note: Justified text can be difficult to read for people who have a reading disability, such as dyslexia. To make your document as accessible as possible, chose a different alignment style.

Place the insertion point anywhere in the paragraph, document, or table that you want to align.

Press Ctrl+J.

Align a page vertically
You can align a page vertically, for example, to create a cover page. Vertical alignment positions the selected text relative to the top and bottom margins.

Place the insertion point anywhere in the text that you want to align vertically.

To open the Page Setup dialog box, press Alt+P, S, P.

Press Shift+Tab until you hear the currently selected tab, for example, /”Margins tab./”

Press the Right arrow key until you hear: /”Layout tab./”

Press Alt+V. The focus moves to the Vertical alignment options list, and you hear the currently selected option, for example, /”Top./”

Use the Down and Up arrow keys to find the option you want and press Enter.

To apply the vertical alignment to your document, press Enter.

Customize paragraph alignment
To align your text to a specific place, you can quickly indent paragraphs from the left or right margins of the page. For more information, refer to Use a screen reader to set line spacing and indenting in Word.

Align text using Search
To find an option or perform an action quickly, use the Search text field. To learn more about the Search feature, go to Find what you need with Microsoft Search.

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