Align text in Numbers on Mac

You can adjust text in a table cell, text box, or shape so that it’s aligned to the left or right, centered, or aligned on both the left and right (justified).

Align and justify text

  1. Go to the Numbers app on your Mac.

  2. Open a spreadsheet, then select any portion of the text or click a text box or shape with text; if you’re working in a table, click a table cell or select a row or column.

  3. In the Format  sidebar, click the Text tab.

  4. Click the Style button near the top of the sidebar, then click the alignment buttons you want.

    The Alignment section showing buttons for aligning text horizontally, moving text left or right, and aligning text vertically.

Set text margins

Text in a text box, shape, or table cell has a default amount of space between the text and the object that contains it. You can adjust that spacing by setting a different margin. You can also indent the first line of paragraphs to create a visual break that helps readers scan text.

  1. Go to the Numbers app on your Mac.

  2. Open a spreadsheet, then select the text whose margins you want to modify.

  3. Do any of the following:

    • In the ruler, drag the margin marker (the blue triangle) and the first line indent marker (the blue rectangle) to where you want them. If you don’t see rulers, click the View menu button in the toolbar, then choose Show Rulers.

    • Click the Style button near the top of the sidebar, then click one of the default indent buttons in the Alignment section to increase or decrease the indent of an entire paragraph.

      Paragraph alignment options.

    • Click the Text tab at the top of the sidebar, click the Layout button below the paragraph style, then click the disclosure arrow next to Indents.

      The Layout section of the Format sidebar showing controls for setting the first line indent and paragraph margins.
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