In western languages based on the Roman, Greek, etc. alphabets letters automatically align to the base line, though letters with descenders will drop below it. Hence, they'll automatically be aligned when they're on the same line. In your case, however, you're apparently using a table with multi-line cells, so you can't so easily control whether the left & right columns have the same base lines. The simple solution is to have your AAAs & BBBs in a row of their own. You can hide the row's bottom border to given the same cell appearance that you now have.

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Paul Edstein
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