The first point to emphasize is that there is no such thing as a 'page' in the structure of a Word document. However, if a document will print on a single sheet of paper (1 page) you can center the content vertically between the Top & Bottom Margins by going to:
If the document will require more than one page but you don't want all pages to be vertically centered you have to use Section Breaks. Each Section can have different layout specifications.
If the document is supposed to have been set up for vertical centering but the PDF does not render it there must be something about how the document is constructed. Check to see if the setting described above has been used. It might also help to display the non-printing characters (¶) in order to reveal more about how the document was constructed.
Regards,
Bob J.
This Excel tutorial explains how to center text across multiple cells in Excel 2016 (with screenshots and step-by-step instructions). I want to center text across multiple cells in Microsoft Excel 2016 but I don't want to have to merge the cells. Word 2016 for Mac uses the function keys for common commands, including Copy and Paste. For quick access to these shortcuts, you can change your Apple system preferences so you don't have to press the Fn key every time you use a function key shortcut. To open a list of keyboard shortcuts in Google Docs, press Ctrl + / (Windows, Chrome OS) or ⌘ + / (Mac). You can also use menu access keys. Open any application menu using the keyboard, then type the underlined letter for the item you'd like to select. Pages Keyboard Shortcuts You can use your keyboard to quickly accomplish many tasks in Pages. To find the shortcuts for common commands, look in the menus (or see the menu shortcuts below). I have been unable to figure out how to center text vertically on a page in the 2011 version of Office for Mac. I recently converted an old manuscript done in Windows 2007 to Mac 2011.docx and while the text appears to be centered on the page when I convert it a pdf, it no longer is. Search 'All Commands' and add the Center command to the ribbon. Now when you press ALT, you should see the commands on the QAT have each been assigned a number. On my machine, ALT+5 will center the text - your number might be different depending on what commands you have there.
- Format> Document
- On the Layout page open the Vertical Alignment list
- Select Center
- Click OK
If the document will require more than one page but you don't want all pages to be vertically centered you have to use Section Breaks. Each Section can have different layout specifications.
If the document is supposed to have been set up for vertical centering but the PDF does not render it there must be something about how the document is constructed. Check to see if the setting described above has been used. It might also help to display the non-printing characters (¶) in order to reveal more about how the document was constructed.
It's also possible that there is a misinterpretation by the PDF driver. Make sure you have OS X, Office & your printer driver fully updated. You might also try going to File> Page Setup to select Any Printer from the Format for: list to see if that makes any difference.
Regards,
Bob J.
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Note: This document is primarily concerned witholder systems and text files, and does not factor in Unicode or wordprocessed files.
Traditionally, Unix and Mac OS differ in theformat in which they store text files. Mac OS places a carriagereturn character at the end of each line of a text file, but Unix usesa line feed character. Some Unix applications won't recognize thecarriage returns added by Mac OS, and will display a file as a singleline, interspersed with
Ctrl-m
characters. This appearson the screen as ^M
. Similarly, some Mac OS applicationsneed to see carriage return characters at the ends of lines, and maytreat Unix-format files as one long line.In Mac OS X, the situation is more complicated. BecauseMac OS X is a meld of Unix and the older Mac OS, in some cases textfiles have carriage returns and in others they have line feeds. Forthe most part, classic applications still require text files to havecarriage returns, while the command-line Unix utilities require linefeeds. Mac OS X-native applications are usually capable ofinterpreting both.
There are many ways to resolve the differences in format. In thisdocument you will find instructions on how to use the Unix commandline utilities
tr
, awk, and Perl todo the conversion. From Mac OS X, each can be accessed from theTerminal application.tr
The Unix program
tr
is used to translatebetween two sets of characters. Characters specified in one set areconverted to the matching character in the second set. Thus, toconvert the Ctrl-m
of a Mac OS text file to the line feed(Ctrl-j
) of a Unix text file, at the Unix command line,enter:Here,
r
and n
are special escapesequences that tr
interprets as Ctrl-m
(acarriage return) and Ctrl-j
(a line feed), respectively.Thus, to convert a Unix text file to a Mac OS text file, enter:Note: The escape sequences must be surrounded bysingle quotation marks for these commands to work.
awk
To use
awk
to convert a Mac OS file to Unix, at theUnix prompt, enter:To convert a Unix file to Mac OS using
awk
, at thecommand line, enter:Html Centering Text
On some systems, the version of
awk
may be old and notinclude the function gsub
. If so, try the same command,but replace awk
with gawk
ornawk
.Perl
Command For Centering Text Machine
To convert a Mac OS text file to a Unix text file usingPerl, at the Unix shell prompt, enter:
To convert from a Unix text file to a Mac OS text file with Perl,at the Unix shell prompt, enter:
Html Code For Centering Text
Note: You must use single quotation marks ineither command line. This prevents your shell from trying to evaluateanything inside the quotation marks. At Indiana University, Perl isinstalled on all UITS shared central Unix systems.