Move to the "Preview, apply to" ( red outline) box, drop down that menu and select "This point forward" ( green outline). Under Page, vertical alignment, drop down the box and select "Top" ( blue outline). Under Page, vertical alignment, drop down the box and click on Center. This time, under Page Vertical alignment, select "Top" and at the bottom under "Apply to:" select "This point forward." NOTE: Do not have any text selected or the choice "This point forward" will not be an option.Ĭlick the"Layout" tab on the window that appears. Then again click on "Page Layout" and click on the little arrow in the lower right corner of that grouping. Click the 'Apply to' menu, and then select 'Whole Document.' The information in this article applies to Word 2010 and may differ for other versions. To vertically center the entire document, go to the Layout tab. ( If there is not yet a second page, create a new page by tapping Ctrl+Enter). Click 'Selected Text' and 'OK.' The window closes and the selected text becomes vertically centered. Unfortunately this will cause every page in the document to be centered vertically, which is not good. Under "Page Vertical alignment" in the center of that window, drop down the menu and select "Center." On the page that you wish centered, click on the "Page Layout" tab.Ĭlick on arrow at the bottom right of that group.įrom the menu that now appears, select "New Page." This will center the NEXT page from where your insertion point is when you do this. Unfortunately Microsoft decided that you should never want to center vertically the first page and revert to top vertical alignment in the same document, so unless you want to center only the NEXT page in your document, best do it manually. Word Perfect ( here you CAN align in the center any page anywhere in the document).