The first point to emphasize is that there is no such thing as a 'page' in the structure of a Word document. However, if a document will print on a single sheet of paper (1 page) you can center the content vertically between the Top & Bottom Margins by going to:
- If the In line with text option is selected, the image is inserted into the main text layer and behaves as a single character of text. To place text over a graphics image, use either of the following methods.
- The text box is in the main text front drawing layer, positioned over the floating graphic. To do this, follow these steps: Use the Insert or Paste command to place the graphics image in the document.
The Microsoft Word settings align text vertically to the top of the document by default, but the settings can be changed to center the text vertically, align it to the bottom of the page, or justify it vertically on the page.
- Format> Document
- On the Layout page open the Vertical Alignment list
- Select Center
- Click OK
If the document will require more than one page but you don't want all pages to be vertically centered you have to use Section Breaks. Each Section can have different layout specifications.
If the document is supposed to have been set up for vertical centering but the PDF does not render it there must be something about how the document is constructed. Check to see if the setting described above has been used. It might also help to display the non-printing characters (¶) in order to reveal more about how the document was constructed.
It's also possible that there is a misinterpretation by the PDF driver. Make sure you have OS X, Office & your printer driver fully updated. You might also try going to File> Page Setup to select Any Printer from the Format for:
list to see if that makes any difference.
Regards,
Bob J.
I'm trying to insert a table in Microsoft Word. The entire page would consist of only this table, and I want it to be perfectly centered (both horizontally and vertically) on the page.
I'm not having any trouble getting it perfectly centered horizontally on the page, but I can't seem to get it to vertically center on the page. I have the page layout set to center vertically, but there's an extra line below the table that it won't let me remove, which is causing extra spacing below it.
I'm using Microsoft Word 2010. How can I get this table to center perfectly vertically and ignore this silly line that it insists on being there?
Der Hochstapler
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This should be pretty easy using the Table's properties. Try this:
- Select your table, then right click.
- On the Table Tab, Text Wrapping, choose Around. This should activate the Positioning option.
- Select Positioning, and in the Table Positioning dialog box, set:
- Horizontal Position = Center, Relative to Page
- Vertical Position = Center, Relative to Page
- Move with Text = unchecked
- OK out of the dialog boxes and your Table should be centered. And it should stay centered regardless of changes to the Table (e.g. adding rows) or changes to surrounding text (including the extra, 'silly line'.
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FWIW, you shouldn't even have to modify the Page Layout Property, this solution addresses the Table's location regardless of the Page's properties, so any text you may want to add could still be top justified.
davdav
Horizontal centering is fine as you stated, but IMO to achieve perfect vertical centering you'll have to place the table inside a text box, resize the text box to have the same margins on all 4 sides of the table, remove the text box border and finally center the text box on the page using eitherFormat / Position or Format / Align:
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