Excel Tip – Centre Across Selection

It’s June, lock down is lifting and the weather is stunning, so enjoy this ‘Keep it Simple’ tip.

This month it is an Excel tip that will show you how to centre text across a selection of cells WITHOUT merging them!
You can view the video or follow the step-by-step shown underneath.

Enjoy and remember: Continue to Stay Safe and Keep it Simple!

Hello!

Today, we’re looking at Excel and I want to show you how to centre the text KM Pottery Supplies across cells A1:G1 – and to do it WITHOUT merging those cells – into one large cell!

Step 1

I’ll select cells A1:G1.

Shows cells A1:G1 highlighted

Right-click into the highlight and select Format Cells…

Shows right-click - Format Cells

Under Horizontal – click the down-arrow to the right of General.
Select Center Across Selection.

Shows selection on Centre Across Selection

And click OK.

Step 2

I’ll click onto cell A1 – and the Formula Bar shows the full text.

Shows selection on A1 and text in the Formula Bar

But if I use the Tab key – you’ll see I can move to each cell of the selection.

Shows an individual cell in the selection is highlighted

It’s NOT one big cell – it just LOOKS like one big cell!

Easy!

Thank you for watching and I’ll be back with another useful ‘Keep it Simple‘ tip – next month!

Excel Tip - Centre Across Selection