Center text across multiple columns

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You can make a worksheet more visually appealing and easier to read by centering text across multiple columns. Often you do this by merging and centering the merged cells, but it is not the only option.

This feature is most useful when you have text in a cell that you use as a label or title for a range. By centering the text across the range, it makes it easier to see that the label or title applies to the entire range.

To center text across multiple columns, do the following:

   1.   Select a range that consist the text and the cells across which you want to center this text.

Selected text and cells in Excel 2003

   2.   Do one of the following:

  • Select Format -> Cells...
  • Right-click and choose Format Cells... in the popup menu

   3.   In the Format Cells dialog box, on the Alignment tab, click the Horizontal list and then select Center Across Selection in it:

Format Cells in Excel 2003

   4.   Click OK.

Center text across multiple columns example in Excel 2003

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