<p class="Paragraph">In the Options group box, you can align the paragraph to the left or right, in the center or justified. These options (and those listed in the context menu) apply to the current paragraph. You can also use the icons in the Object bar.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:to-be-embedded Eid="linkstext" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:help-text value="visible">This option aligns the paragraph to the left.</help:help-text></help:to-be-embedded></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:to-be-embedded Eid="rechtstext" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:help-text value="visible">This option aligns the paragraph to the right.</help:help-text></help:to-be-embedded></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:to-be-embedded Eid="zentrierttext" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:help-text value="visible">This option aligns the paragraph to the center.</help:help-text></help:to-be-embedded></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:to-be-embedded Eid="blocksatztext" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:help-text value="visible">Select this option for justified alignment.</help:help-text></help:to-be-embedded> In a justified paragraph, all lines (except for the last line) are extended to the margins, thus preventing a ragged edge. This option is especially practical for multi-column pages.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="WRITER"><help:help-text value="visible">Define how to format the last line in a justified paragraph.</help:help-text> Choose <span class="T1">Left, Centered</span> or <span class="T1">Justify</span>.</help:case></help:switch></p>
<p class="Head3"><help:help-id value="SVX_CHECKBOX_RID_SVXPAGE_ALIGN_PARAGRAPH_CB_EXPAND" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="WRITER">Expand single word</help:case></help:switch></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="WRITER"><help:help-text value="visible">Click here to increase the spaces between the letters of a single word, if the last word of a justified paragraph appears alone in the last line. </help:help-text>The word will be expanded to the entire width of the justified paragraph. This works only if you have previously selected <span class="T1">Last Row</span> or <span class="T1">Justify</span>.</help:case></help:switch></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:key-word value="text; expanding" tag="kw65684_4"/><help:key-word value="expanding text" tag="kw65684_3"/><help:key-word value="expanding line" tag="kw65684_2"/>If you want to expand an entire line (e.g. a heading) to the width of a text frame, you can also use the <span class="T1">Expand single word</span> function. Replace the spaces in the line with non-breaking spaces, using <help:switch select="System"><help:case select="MAC">Command</help:case><help:default>Ctrl</help:default></help:switch>+Space.</p>
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<p class="Head2"><help:help-id value="SVX_LISTBOX_RID_SVXPAGE_ALIGN_PARAGRAPH_LB_VERTALIGN" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Vertical text alignment</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Here you can select the default for the vertical text alignment.</help:help-text> You can select <span class="T1">Automatic, Base line, Top, Centered</span> and <span class="T1">Bottom</span>. With automatic alignment horizontal and 90 degrees rotated text is aligned with the base line; 270 degrees rotated text is center aligned.</p>