Do you ever struggle with the default bottom alignment of data in your Google Sheets cells when you increase the cell height? If so, don’t fret! You can easily adjust the vertical alignment settings of your Google Sheets cells. In this article, we’ll reveal the secret to vertically centering your data effortlessly.
Vertically Centering a Cell in Google Sheets
- Open your Google Sheets document.
- Select the cells you want to modify.
- Click on the Vertical Alignment button in the toolbar.
- Choose the Middle option.
If you’re looking to center content vertically in a Microsoft Word document rather than Google Sheets, check out our tutorial on centering words vertically.
By default, the data in Google Sheets cells is aligned at the bottom. However, depending on your spreadsheet’s structure, you might need the data to be centered within the cells. That’s where Google Sheets comes to the rescue! It gives you the freedom to align the data to the top, middle, or bottom. Let’s dive into how to find this setting.
If you also need to realign data in a table in Google Docs, our article on how to center text in a Google Docs cell has got you covered.
How to Vertically Center Data in Cells
The steps outlined here were performed in Google Chrome, but they should work in other web browsers as well. Once you’ve completed this tutorial, you’ll have a cell (or cells) with content that’s perfectly centered vertically.
Step 1: Access your Google Drive at Crawlan.com and open the spreadsheet containing the cell you want to vertically center.
Step 2: Select the cell(s) you want to center.
Step 3: Click on the Vertical Alignment button in the gray toolbar above the spreadsheet.
Step 4: Select the Middle option to vertically center the data in the selected cell.
Note that you can also change the vertical alignment of a cell by clicking on the Format tab at the top of the window, then selecting Align, and choosing the desired vertical alignment.
Now that you’re equipped with the knowledge of how to vertically center data in Google Sheets, you can adjust the position of the content in your spreadsheet cells, making it easier for your audience to read.
If you have cell coloring in your spreadsheet that you would like to remove or change, learn how to change cell coloring, or the fill color, in Google Sheets.
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