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Centering a Table

Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated August 14, 2021)
This tip applies to Word 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and Word in Microsoft 365

By default, Word automatically left-justifies a table in your document. If you want to quickly center the table between the page margins, follow these steps:

Right-click on the table. Word displays a Context menu.
Choose Table Properties from the Context menu. Word displays the Table Properties dialog box.
Make sure the Table tab is selected. (See Figure 1.)

Figure 1. The Table tab of the Table Properties dialog box.

Click on Center.
Click on Close.

WordTips is your source for cost-effective Microsoft Word training. (Microsoft Word is the most popular word processing software in the world.) This tip (10076) applies to Microsoft Word 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and Word in Microsoft 365. You can find a version of this tip for the older menu interface of Word here: Centering a Table.

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Allen Wyatt

With more than 50 non-fiction books and numerous magazine articles to his credit, Allen Wyatt is an internationally recognized author. He is president of Sharon Parq Associates, a computer and publishing services company. Learn more about Allen...

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What is two more than 9?

2024-08-13 17:57:12

Buff Miner

Staight to the point. Thanks!

2023-09-28 09:35:13

great, this help a lot!

2021-08-18 02:51:45

Thank you. It works!

"5. Click on Close."

Should say "5. Click on OK."

2021-08-14 09:19:18

Miguel

Hi there. I`ve got a simple question: How to instruct Word to automatically center tables between the page margins by default? Thanks a lot for your attention!

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