Justification and Margins

Here you determine how much space exists between the edge of the paper and the text (margins) and how the text is aligned within the margins (justification).

Justification

Justification refers to how text is aligned within the left/right margins

• Left Justification means text is aligned at the left margin (default)
• Right Justification means text is aligned at the right margin
• Center Justification means text is centered between the margins
• Full Justification means that extra spaces are added, at random, between words to give you a smooth right and left margin

To set the justification of the selected paragraph(s) you may either

• click on the appropriate button on the Formatting Toolbar or use the appropriate keyboard shortcut
  • <Align Left> for left justification
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    • or press Ctrl+L (Windows) or press Cmd+L (Macintosh)
  • <Center> for center justification
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    • or press Ctrl+E (Windows) or press Cmd+E (Macintosh)
  • <Align Right> for right justification
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    • or press Ctrl+R (Windows) or press Cmd+R (Macintosh)
  • <Justify> for full justification
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    • or press Ctrl+J (Windows) or press Cmd+J (Macintosh)
• or select Format Paragraph to access the Paragraph Dialog Box

Remember the rules for how ruler changes affect paragraphs!

Margins

The margin settings for one or more paragraphs may be (re)set by adjusting the appropriate left/right indent markers on the ruler.

This may be done by either:

• Formatting Paragraphs Using the Ruler
• or selecting FormatParagraph to access the Paragraph Dialog Box
• or, if you want/need more options, try the Page Setup command

Remember the rules for how ruler changes affect paragraphs!

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last updated August 12, 2003