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.
Numbers are aligned to the right, unless you apply other formatting.
Dates align to the right, because they are a type of number.
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.
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. |}
{| ! 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 |}
Alignment can be done through the Alignment group on the Home tab on the ribbon.