{"id":34128,"date":"2012-07-05T16:32:23","date_gmt":"2012-07-05T16:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=34128"},"modified":"2012-07-05T16:32:23","modified_gmt":"2012-07-05T16:32:23","slug":"word-tips-net","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/word-tips-net\/","title":{"rendered":"Word.Tips.net: Centering a Table"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20111229wordtips.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"wordtips\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"attachment wp-att-7652 alignleft\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By Allen Wyatt for Word.Tips.Net<\/p>\n<h3>Centering a Table<\/h3>\n<p>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:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> Right-click on the table. Word displays a Context menu.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> Choose Table Properties from the Context menu. Word displays the Table Properties dialog box.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> Make sure the Table tab is selected. (See Figure 1.)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cdni.tn-services.com\/S06\/Figs\/T10076F1.jpg\" alt=\"figure 1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Final steps <a href=\"http:\/\/wordribbon.tips.net\/T010076_Centering_a_Table.html\" target=\"_blank\">here:<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>This post is excerpted with permission from Word.Tips.Net<\/p>\n<p><b>Subscribe to the Free WordTips Newsletter with the links below<\/b><\/p>\n<p><font SIZE=\"2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/word.tips.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">(for those using menu interface (Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, or Word 2003)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wordribbon.tips.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">(for those using the ribbon interface (Word 2007 or later)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/techtalk.pcpitstop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20111229wordtips.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"wordtips\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"attachment wp-att-7652 alignleft\" 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