Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated February 10, 2022)
This tip applies to Excel 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003
Excel provides several different ways you can align information from top to bottom (vertically) within a cell. You set the alignment by first selecting the cells you want to format and then displaying the Alignment tab of the Format Cells dialog box. (See Figure 1.) (To display the dialog box, choose Cells from the Format menu.)
Figure 1. The Alignment tab of the Format Cells dialog box.
On the Alignment tab, use the Vertical drop-down list to make your selection. There are four different alignment options available in Excel 97 and Excel 2000, and five in later versions of Excel:
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