It allows the content of the cell to be towards the top of the cell. Normally content appears in the centre of the cell. It is particularly noticeable when a row has been widened enough to take more than one line of text. In that case, when text is aligned to the top, it is particularly noticeable.
You can align an Excel cell to left, right, and center.
How can you align at the top of a page?
Text will align to the left and numbers and dates align to the right.
Format cell or range of cells (merge together) to wrap text. Also recommend you align to the top of the cell.
Left, centred and right.
Dates align to the right, because they are a type of number.
Numbers are aligned to the right, unless you apply other formatting.
we had the same discussion yesterday. I thought it wasn't from Tom Jones original and thought it was from Prince but I do not find any link to that and find this so .... {| ! style="vertical-align: top" | Released | 2000 ! style="vertical-align: top" | Format | CD single, CD maxi ! style="vertical-align: top" | Genre | Pop ! style="vertical-align: top" | Length | 3:34 ! style="vertical-align: top" | Label | V2, Sony Music ! style="vertical-align: top" | Writer(s) | Mousse T. Errol Rennalls ! style="vertical-align: top" | Producer | Mousse T. |}
It is the default setting for text. It aligns the text to the right side of a cell. If you use left align, the text will be aligned to the left side of the cell. If you use center align, the text will be aligned in the center of the cell.
{| ! nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="top" | Antlers size: ! align="left" | 76 inch ! nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="top" | Date: ! align="left" | 18 septembre 2008 ! nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="top" | Location: ! align="left" | Mc Millan River's Adventure, Yukon ! nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="top" | Guide: ! align="left" | Real Langlois ! nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="top" | ! nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="top" | Description: ! align="left" | Real Langlois's trophy ! nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="top" | | http://www.hommepanache.com/english/trophies.saml |} {| ! nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="top" | Antlers size: ! align="left" | 76 inch ! nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="top" | Date: ! align="left" | 18 septembre 2008 ! nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="top" | Location: ! align="left" | Mc Millan River's Adventure, Yukon ! nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="top" | Guide: ! align="left" | Real Langlois ! nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="top" | ! nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="top" | Description: ! align="left" | Real Langlois's trophy ! nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="top" | | http://www.hommepanache.com/english/trophies.saml |}
{| ! style="PADDING-RIGHT: 1em; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.3em; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; PADDING-TOP: 0.3em; TEXT-ALIGN: left" | Value: | 1 U.S. dollar ! style="PADDING-RIGHT: 1em; BORDER-TOP: #ccd2d9 1px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.3em; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; PADDING-TOP: 0.3em; TEXT-ALIGN: left" | Mass: | 8.100 g (0.260 troy oz) ! style="PADDING-RIGHT: 1em; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.3em; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; PADDING-TOP: 0.3em; TEXT-ALIGN: left" | Diameter: | 26.5 mm (1.043 in) ! style="PADDING-RIGHT: 1em; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.3em; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; PADDING-TOP: 0.3em; TEXT-ALIGN: left" | Thickness: | 2.00 mm (0.079 in) ! style="PADDING-RIGHT: 1em; BORDER-TOP: #ccd2d9 1px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.3em; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; PADDING-TOP: 0.3em; TEXT-ALIGN: left" | Edge: | Plain w/ incused inscriptions ! style="PADDING-RIGHT: 1em; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.3em; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; PADDING-TOP: 0.3em; TEXT-ALIGN: left" | Composition: | 88.5% Cu 6% Zn 3.5% Mn 2% Ni |}
If you're using HTML, you can use a code like this to align a picture: <img src="PIC URL" align="center" valign="top"> The "align='center'" means that it will be aligned in the center of the page across. The "valign" stands for vertical align and means it will (in this case) be aligned at the top of the page, table cell, etc.