Text in table cell not centred vertically

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January 17, 2022
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As per the subject line, I have a table with a number of cells where I would like the text to be centred vertically, but it is not doing so - refer to image Not Centred 01, attached, where two identical boxes with orange strokes illustrate the discrepancy.

Image Not Centred 02 shows cell style info, and image Not Centred 03 shows paragraph style info.

How do I correct this?

Thanks in advance !

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Correct answer Michael J B

I just figured it out or found a work-around - see Not Centred 07 attached.

Thanks.

L

Laubender

Community Expert

Hi Michael,

could you share the InDesign document?
Just one page with this table?

Thanks,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

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Michael J BAuthorCorrect answer

Inspiring

I just figured it out or found a work-around - see Not Centred 07 attached.

Thanks.

L

Laubender

Community Expert

Hi Michael,

your screenshot of the cell options is showing no selected option for First Baseline Offset, Min and Text Rotation.

That means you have several cells selected; with different values for First Baseline Offset, Min and even Text Rotation. Use mutual settings for all of your cells to get mutual results. You could fine tune the values with e.g. Min.

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

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Michael J BAuthor

Inspiring

Hi,

I only had a single cell selected - to show this I have redone the screen shot of the cell in question, see Not Centred 04. Note: baseline grid is shown in pink. I do not see any way in which the text is even faintly close to centered as illustrated by the two copies of a graphics box used to illustrate the substantial vertical misalignment between the space above the text and the space below the text.

The cell options for the cell shown in 04 are shown in Not Centred 05 where First Baseline Offset, Min and Text Rotation are all blank - again, only a single cell is selected.

Finally, Not Centred 06 (Paragraph Style Options for that cell's style) shows Align Grid set to None.

I do not understand how to get the text centred.