Align or rotate text in a cell

Change the orientation of text in a cell

Select a cell, row, column, or a range.
Select Home > Orientation , and then select an option.

Home Orientation

You can rotate your text up, down, clockwise, or counterclockwise, or align text vertically:

Text Vertically

Rotate text to a precise angle

Select a cell, row, column, or a range.

Precise Angle
Select Home > Orientation > Format Cell Alignment.Format Cell Alignment
Under Orientation on the right side, in the Degrees box, use the up or down arrow to set the exact number of degrees that you want to rotate the selected cell text.

Positive numbers rotate the text upward. Negative numbers rotate the text downward.

Orientation Degrees
Align a column or row

Begin by selecting the cell or cells you want to align. You can align text in a single cell, a range of cells, a row or rows, a column or columns, or the entire worksheet. (Use Ctrl+A to select all cells.)

Select the cells you want to align.

Align Cells
On the Home tab, in the Alignment group, select a horizontal alignment option:

Alignment Group
On the Home tab, in the Alignment group, select a vertical alignment option:

Alignment Group 2