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If you are writing a VBA macro, you may want to apply paragraph alignment formatting within your document. To do so, you use the Alignment property, as follows:
Selection.ParagraphFormat.Alignment = wdAlignParagraphCenter
Notice that the Alignment property is set to a preset Word value, in this case wdAlignParagraphCenter. There are a number of different values you can use in your alignment:
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2019-10-02 04:00:42
Ken Endacott
Marie. I am not sure whether you want to left align the whole table or left align the first column text within the cells. See the code below for both options.
When the whole table is left aligned then the text in the first cell (ie the top left cell) is aligned with the left margin. Therefore the table’s left border projects into the left margin by the left padding of the first cell.
' left align whole table
With Selection.Tables(1).Rows
.WrapAroundText = True
.RelativeHorizontalPosition = _
wdRelativeHorizontalPositionMargin
.HorizontalPosition = wdTableLeft
End With
' left align text within first column
With Selection.Tables(1)
.Columns(1).Select
Selection.ParagraphFormat.Alignment = wdAlignParagraphLeft
End With
2019-10-01 11:22:57
Marie
How do i align the first column of a table left aligned, cannot find coding that will work
Selection.PasteSpecial Link:=False, DataType:=wdPasteRTF, Placement:= _
wdInLine, DisplayAsIcon:=False
With Selection
.Tables(1).Select
.Style = ActiveDocument.Styles("CG Table Text")
.Tables(1).AutoFitBehavior (wdAutoFitContent)
.Tables(1).AutoFitBehavior (wdAutoFitWindow)
.ParagraphFormat.Alignment = wdAlignParagraphRight
.Columns(1).Alignment = wdAlignParagraphLeft
With .Cells
.VerticalAlignment = wdCellAlignVerticalCenter
.Height = CentimetersToPoints(0.44)
End With
End With
End Sub
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