Align or rotate text in a cell

If you want to change the way data appears in a cell, you can rotate the font angle, or change the text alignment.

Change the orientation of text in a cell

1. Select a cell, row, column, or a range.
2. Select Home >Orientation

, and then select an option. You can rotate your text up, down, clockwise, or counterclockwise, or align text vertically:

Rotate text to a precise angle

1. Select a cell, row, column, or a range.
2. Select Home >Orientation

Align a column or row

Begin by selecting the cell or cells you want to align. You can align text in a single cell, a range of cells, a row or rows, a column or columns, or the entire worksheet. (Use Ctrl+A to select all cells.)

1. Select the cells you want to align.
2. On the Home tab, in the Alignment group, select a horizontal alignment option:

Rotate text

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Align text

The alignment options let you define the placement of text within a cell on the horizontal axis and on the vertical axis.

1. Select a cell, row, column, or a range.
2. On the Home tab, in the Alignment section, select an alignment option:

Indent text

You can indent text or undo an indent.

1. Select a cell, row, column, or a range.
2. On the Home tab, in the Alignment section, select an indent option:
3. Increase Indent

shifts text rightward. Decrease Indent

If you want to change the way data appears in a cell, you can rotate the font angle, or change the text alignment.

Change the orientation of text in a cell

1. Select a cell, row, column, or a range.
2. Select Home >Orientation

, and then select an option. You can rotate your text up, down, clockwise, or counterclockwise, or align text vertically:

Rotate text to a precise angle

1. Select a cell, row, column, or a range.
2. Select Home >Orientation

Align a column or row

Begin by selecting the cell or cells you want to align. You can align text in a single cell, a range of cells, a row or rows, a column or columns, or the entire worksheet. (Use ⌘+A to select all cells.)

1. Select the cells you want to align.
2. On the Home tab, select a horizontal alignment option: