How to Center Text in Excel Cell

Mr. Devotor

Still using "Merge & Center" for your Excel spreadsheets? Stop! Merging cells is the #1 reason formulas break, columns won't sort, and macros crash.   In this quick tutorial, I’ll show you a unique, "hidden" Excel method called "Center Across Selection." You get the exact same clean, centered look for your headers, but your individual cells stay completely intact so your formulas (like XLOOKUP and VLOOKUP) never break again.  We'll also cover the lightning-fast keyboard shortcuts to do this in seconds without ever touching your mouse.  If this helped clean up your spreadsheets, make sure to like, subscribe, and hit the bell icon for more advanced Excel formatting tips! #ExcelTips #ExcelShortcuts #SpreadsheetHacks #OfficeTutorials

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00:00hi everyone in this video i will guide you how to center text in excel cell everyone knows about

00:05the standard center alignment button on the home tab there is a much more powerful secret way to

00:12center text in excel it is especially useful if you want text centered across a wide area

00:18without the formatting edges that usually comes with it so instead of using merge and center

00:23which often breaks formula message of sorting and make selecting columns nightmare the pro

00:28method is using center across selection so here how you can do that so first you need to select your

00:34range so for highlight the cell containing your text like this one and plus the empty cells to the left

00:41or right where you want that text centered like this one and now go to the home tab click on

00:48this

00:48and click on this found now the format cells dialog box will be open up so press ctrl plus tab

00:57or simply

00:58you can navigate to the alignment tab and now you can click on this text alignment click on the

01:05horizontal and make it center or either you can also press alt h then c like this one and now

01:16click

01:16ok to proceed so here it is visually it looks exactly like a merge cells technically the cell remains

01:22completely separate so you can still click on the individual columns copy data cleanly and your vlookup

01:28or xlookup formulas won't break so if you just need a standard single cell center using only your keyboard you

01:35can simply quickly tap alt h a c in sequence on your window machine to trigger the standard ribbon alignment

01:45instantly and when you press again alt h a c it will be left aligned so this is the simplest

01:53way

01:54you can center text in excel cell if you think this video is helpful please support my channel thanks for

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