Please Note: This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Excel versions: 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003. If you are using a later version (Excel 2007 or later), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for later versions of Excel, click here: Centering Your Worksheet.
If you are working with smaller worksheets, they can look odd when printed. Why? Because Excel normally prints your worksheet data at the upper-left corner of a piece of paper. If the worksheet data is small enough, the placement of the data on the printed sheet can detract from what you are trying to convey.
To help offset this problem, Excel provides a way you can easily center your printed information. You can center the data horizontally, vertically, or both. Follow these steps:
Figure 1. The Margins tab of the Page Setup dialog box.
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2016-11-09 02:12:17
syu
helpful
2016-09-27 04:26:35
connor
My page has center vertically and horizontally greyed out why is this and how do I fix it?
2016-04-06 15:47:38
joe
Worked great
2016-03-30 15:44:52
Tony
This is a very helpful tip. I used to always just manually try to adjust the margins.
2015-12-16 14:12:22
Scott
I already knew how to do this, but it doesn't always work, which is why I looked up this article. Guess I'll keep looking.
2015-09-16 03:41:39
Ali Ganjali
Thankyou.
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