txt file, all formatting is lost, including any alignment. To change the horizontal alignment of text in WordPad, highlight the text and click the left, center, or right alignment icons in the Paragraph section of the menu bar. If you do not want this setting to affect the whole document, change the 'Apply to' to the selected text. Under Vertical alignment, click the down arrow and select center, bottom, or the alignment you want to use.If you want to change the vertical alignment of text, follow the steps listed below. For right alignment, highlight the text and press Ctrl+ R to align text to the right. For center alignment, highlight the text and press Ctrl+ E. For left alignment, highlight the text and press Ctrl+ L to align text to the left margin. Press one of the shortcut keys to adjust the alignment of any highlighted text. In all new versions of Microsoft Word, the alignment options are found under the Home tab. To change the horizontal alignment of text in Word, highlight the text you want to change and click the left, center, or right alignment icons, as shown in the image. They can also be used to align text in a column or row for Microsoft Excel and most other text programs. The steps below are for changing the alignment of text in Microsoft Word.