Align or center text - PowerPoint - Microsoft Office

What do you want to do?

Align text to the left

Align text to the right

Align text to the left

Do the following in these Microsoft Office system programs:

PowerPoint

Select the text that you want to format.
On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click Align Left.
Keyboard shortcut To align selected text to the left, press CTRL+L.

Excel

Select the text that you want to format.
On the Home tab, in the Alignment group, click Align Left.
Keyboard shortcut To align selected text to the left, press CTRL+L.

Outlook

Select the text that you want to format.
On the Home tab, in the Basic Text group, click Align Left.
Keyboard shortcut To align selected text to the left, press CTRL+L.

Access

Select the text that you want to format.
On the Home tab, in the Font group, click Align Left.
Keyboard shortcut To align selected text to the left, press CTRL+L.

InfoPath, Project, or Publisher

Select the text that you want to format.
On the Formatting toolbar, click Align Left .
Keyboard shortcut To align selected text to the left, press CTRL+L.

Align text to the right

Do the following in these Microsoft Office system programs:

PowerPoint

Select the text that you want to format.
On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click Align Right.
Keyboard shortcut To align selected text to the right, press CTRL+R.

Excel

Select the text that you want to format.
On the Home tab, in the Alignment group, click Align Right.
Keyboard shortcut To align selected text to the right, press CTRL+R.

Outlook

Select the text that you want to format.
On the Home tab, in the Basic Text group, click Align Right.
Keyboard shortcut To align selected text to the right, press CTRL+R.

Access

Select the text that you want to format.
On the Home tab, in the Font group, click Align Right.
Keyboard shortcut To align selected text to the right, press CTRL+R.

InfoPath, Project, or Publisher

Select the text that you want to format.
On the Formatting toolbar, click Align Right .
Keyboard shortcut To align selected text to the right, press CTRL+R.

Center text

Do the following in these Microsoft Office system programs:

PowerPoint

Select the text that you want to format.
On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click Center.
Keyboard shortcut To center selected text, press CTRL+E.

Excel

Select the text that you want to format.
On the Home tab, in the Alignment group, click Center.
Keyboard shortcut To center selected text, press CTRL+E.

Outlook

Select the text that you want to format.
On the Home tab, in the Basic Text group, click Center.
Keyboard shortcut To center selected text, press CTRL+E.

Access

Select the text that you want to format.
On the Home tab, in the Font group, click Center.
Keyboard shortcut To center selected text, press CTRL+E.

InfoPath, Project, or Publisher

Select the text that you want to format.
On the Formatting toolbar, click Center .
Keyboard shortcut To center selected text, press CTRL+E.