Aligning a Paragraph in a Macro

Summary: If you are applying formatting from within a macro, you may want to change the alignment of various paragraphs. Here's how you can do it by adjusting the Alignment property. (This tip works with Microsoft Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Word 2003, and Word 2007.)

Word allows a rich set of formatting attributes for text in a document. You can control the alignment of a paragraph by using the following VBA statement:

Selection.Paragraphs.Alignment = position

where position is one of the constants shown in the following table:

Constant		Result
wdAlignParagraphLeft		Formats the current paragraph as left justified
wdAlignParagraphCenter		Formats the current paragraph as centered
wdAlignParagraphRight		Formats the current paragraph as right justified
wdAlignParagraphJustify		Formats the current paragraph so it expands to the left and right margins

Tip #3501 applies to Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

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