IBM Lotus Symphony


Aligning cell contents in spreadsheets

Sets the alignment options for the contents of the current cell, or the selected cells.

To access this command...

Choose Layout - Properties - Text and Cell Properties - Alignment tab

Open context menu of a column header in a table - choose Column Layout - Align tab

Horizontal

Select the horizontal alignment option that you want to apply to the cell contents.

Default

Aligns numbers to the right, and text to the left.

Note Icon If the Default option is selected, numbers will be aligned to the right and text will be left-justified.

Left

Aligns the contents of the cell to the left.

Icon on the toolbar:

{ENTER ALTERNATE DESCRIPTION HERE} Align Left

Right

Aligns the contents of the cell to the right.

Icon on the toolbar:

{ENTER ALTERNATE DESCRIPTION HERE} Align Right

Center

Horizontally centers the contents of the cell.

Icon on the toolbar:

{ENTER ALTERNATE DESCRIPTION HERE} Centered

Justified

Aligns the contents of the cell to the left and to the right cell borders.

Icon on the toolbar:

{ENTER ALTERNATE DESCRIPTION HERE} Justified

Filled

Repeats the cell contents (number and text) until the visible area of the cell is filled. This feature does not work on text that contains line breaks.

Indent

Indents from the left edge of the cell by the amount that you enter.

Vertical

Select the vertical alignment option that you want to apply to the cell contents.

Default

Aligns the cell contents to the bottom of the cell.

Top

Aligns the contents of the cell to the upper edge of the cell.

Icon on the toolbar:

Icon Align Top

Bottom

Aligns the contents of the cell to the lower edge of the cell.

Icon on the toolbar:

Icon Align Bottom

Middle

Vertically centers the contents of the cell.

Icon on the toolbar:

Icon Align Center Vertically

Text Orientation

Sets the text orientation of the cell contents.

Click in the dial to set the text orientation.

Degree

Enter the rotation angle for the text in the selected cell(s). A positive number rotates the text to the left and a negative number rotates the text to the right.

Reference edge

Specify the cell edge from which to write the rotated text.

  1. Text Extension From Lower Cell Border: Writes the rotated text from the bottom cell edge outwards.

  2. Text Extension From Upper Cell Border: Writes the rotated text from the top cell edge outwards.

  3. Text Extension Inside Cells: Writes the rotated text only within the cell.

Vertically stacked

Aligns text vertically.

These commands can only be accessed after you enable support for Asian languages in File - Preferences - Symphony - Language Settings - Languages.

Asian layout mode

This checkbox is only available if Asian language support is enabled and the text direction is set to vertical. Aligns Asian characters one below the other in the selected cell(s). If the cell contains more than one line of text, the lines are converted to text columns that are arranged from right to left. Western characters in the converted text are rotated 90 degrees to the right. Asian characters are not rotated.

Wrap text automatically

Wraps text onto another line at the cell border. The number of lines depends on the width of the cell. To enter a manual line break, press Ctrl+Enter in the cell.

Inserting Line Breaks in Cells

Shrink to fit cell size

Reduces the apparent size of the font so that the contents of the cell fit into the current cell width. You cannot apply this command to a cell that contains line breaks.


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