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8.7 Aligning Cell Contents

   

NExS allows you to indicate the horizontal alignment (justification) of one or more cells. This specification applies to both text and numeric cell entries and indicates whether the contents will be left-justified, right-justified, or centered within the column boundary. The default for the whole sheet is changed in the Cell Defaults dialog box from the Options menu. However, you can set the justification for an individual cell or range of cells by using the Justification option from the Format menu.

To change the default Justification specification:

  1. Select Cell Defaults from the Options menu. NExS displays the Cell Defaults dialog box as shown in Figure 8.1.

  2. Click the Justification option button and select one of the following:
    Automatic Text is left justified; numerics are right-justified.
    Right Text and numerics are right-justified.
    Left Text and numerics are left-justified.
    Center Text and numerics are centered.

  3. Apply your selection by clicking OK or Apply.

To change the Justification setting for individual cells:

  1. Select a cell or range of cells to be affected.

  2. Select Justification from the Format menu to display a cascading menu of choices. Choose an explicit setting or choose default to use the default setting from Cell Defaults.


NExS allows you to control vertical alignment of text by embedding the string ``\n'' wherever you wish to force a new line in the cell display.


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NExS User's Guide, Version 1.4.5
Grey Trout Software
11 April 1999