Office 2021: The "Center" alignment option in the "Cell" alignment fails in the first and second col

[Jamal NUMAN]

Office 2021: The "Center" alignment option in the "Cell" alignment fails in the first and second columns of a table,


In the screenshot below, I couldn't figure out why the "Center" alignment option in the "Cell" alignment fails in the first and second columns of the table.




What could be the issue here?

[jthomas666]

Both are set for centered vertical alignment.

Both appear to be centered vertically.

Exactly what is the problem? Are you wanting horizontal alignment?

[Stefan Blom]

If you are trying to center the text paragraphs within the selected cells, you have to make use of the Paragraph dialog box or the Ctrl+E shortcut for selected text.

[Jamal NUMAN]

I identified the issue beyond this. It was the "double" line spacing. Changing it to "single" resolved the problem, as shown in the screenshots below.

[Charles Kenyon]

Note the tab character. That bumps the centering. The space for the tab is included in the centered text.

[Stefan Blom]

To add to what Charles has said, you would want to set a paragraph number to be followed by "Nothing" if the text paragraph is blank (no text) and you want the para number to be centered.