Left, Right, Center, and Justification Alignments in MS-Word: Paragraph alignments make a document professionally easy to read. A paragraph is a form of one or more lines, a line is a group of words, and a word is a combination of other characters. Generally, a paragraph aligns Left, Center, Right and Justifies the paragraph from the left to right margins by adding extra space between words.
Left Alignment:
Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl + L
Description:
Left Alignment is the default alignment. Each line in the document starts from the left margin. it is one of the widely used paragraph alignments in the world.
Center Alignment:
Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl + C
Description:
It aligns the text to the Center. This is especially used for aligning the document Title.
Right Alignment:
Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl + R
Description:
Each line in the document starts from the right margin and is used for small sections of the contents. For example, align Place, and Date at the top right corner of the document for letters format.
Justification:
Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl + J
Description:
Align text closer to both left and right margins by giving extra space between the words without disturbing the clean look of the content in your document.
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FAQ:
Explain What is meant by left alignment?
Left Alignment is the default alignment. Each line in the document starts from the left margin. it is one of the widely used paragraph alignments in the world.
What is centre alignment in MS Word?
It aligns the text to the Center. This is especially used for aligning the document Title.
What is the right alignment in MS Word?
Each line in the document starts from the right margin and is used for small sections of the contents. For example, align Place, and Date at the top right corner of the document for letters format.
What is justification in Microsoft Word?
Align text closer to both left and right margins by giving extra space between the words without disturbing the clean look of the content in your document.
