USING TABLES: LINING UP TEXT IN TABLE CELLS

Lining up text in a column isn’t hard, since the table columns automatically do that and we just need to specify if we want the text to be aligned left, center, or right. Lining up text across a row, however, is a bit trickier because everything in the table is centered vertically within its cell.

That doesn’t pose a problem when everything in your table takes up only one line (as in our previous example), or each cell in a row has the same number of lines. But if you have three lines in one cell and two in the other, those cells will not lineup.

To fix this, we need to add a blank line to cells in the uneven row so that every cell has the same number of lines. To do this, just go into Edit mode. In the cells that only have two lines, click on the end of the second line and hit Shift-Enter. This inserts a blank line. Click “save”, and you’ll see that the row now lines up.

NOTE: Notice that we added a blank line by hitting Shift-Enter rather than just Enter. Keep in mind that hitting Enter creates a new paragraph, which adds more space between it and the previous line. This could throw off your spacing.

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