You should note that vertical centering will not give the desired results if you have the paragraph formatting for the text set to anything except single spacing, with no space before or after the paragraph. Choose the Alignment (Word 97) or Cell Alignment (Word 2000 or later) option from the Context menu.This displays a Context menu for the cell. Right-click on the cell containing the information you want to vertically center.Centering text vertically is almost as easy: All you need to do is position the insertion point somewhere within the text and then click on the Center button on the Home tab of the ribbon or on the Formatting toolbar. There are two ways to center information: horizontally and vertically. Often it is necessary to center information within the cells of a table.
Tables are a powerful formatting tool used in many Word documents.