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What is the default vertical alignment for text in a word document. Pressing the Tab key moves the insertion point to the right shifting the position at which you will insert text. Thereafter you can click on the small icons on the left of the Text Direction. Thanks to Woodys Office Watch for this tip.

Asked Dec 20 2016 in Computer Science Information Technology by FluffyNut. Microsoft Word gives users the option to change the vertical alignment settings. Instead you can access the vertical alignment options in Word as follows.

Text can be aligned vertically in one of four ways. Top-aligned text is aligned so that the top line of text is flush with the top margin. Justify is a term that means the text line spacing is adjusted so the text is aligned at both the top and the bottom of the page.

The default alignment for text in a Word document is for it to be left justified. In a shape or text box you can change the direction in which text is read. There are 4 paragraphs and heading alignment options available on Microsoft Word.

Bottom-aligned text is aligned to do the same with the bottom margin. This option is not available for documents set up for Word 2013 or later. Click the arrow in the bottom right to open the full layout options.

The Microsoft Word settings align text vertically to the top of the document by default but the settings can be changed to center the text vertically align it to the bottom of the page or justify it vertically on the page. Thanks for the answer I sent you a forum message for. The effect that Robert is noticing is the default behavior for inline graphics although the cause he cites is backwardsit is actually the graphic that defaults to bottom alignment with the text not the text with the graphic.