Picture a top block of text lines, Section 1

Long body of text lines, Section 2

Trailing text lines of information, Section 3

How do I center Section 2 on the page vertically, then center Section
1 in remaining top space and Section 3 in remaining bottom space?

Is there a way to do this easily?

You could make three (unbordered) table rows, with exact row height, and
vertically center the content of each.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Robert Macy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:74b4100d-49f0-4986-b98b-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Picture a top block of text lines, Section 1
>
> Long body of text lines, Section 2
>
> Trailing text lines of information, Section 3
>
> How do I center Section 2 on the page vertically, then center Section
> 1 in remaining top space and Section 3 in remaining bottom space?
>
> Is there a way to do this easily?
>

On Oct 26, 2:31*pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnh...@mvps.org> wrote:
> You could make three (unbordered) table rows, with exact row height, and
> vertically center the content of each.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org
>
> "Robert Macy" <m...@california.com> wrote in message
>
> news:74b4100d-49f0-4986-b98b-(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>
>
> > Picture a top block of text lines, Section 1
>
> > Long body of text lines, Section 2
>
> > Trailing text lines of information, Section 3
>
> > How do I center Section 2 on the page vertically, then center Section
> > 1 in remaining top space and Section 3 in remaining bottom space?
>
> > Is there a way to do this easily?

Thank you for your reply.

Would this center Section 2 on the whole page, followed by centering
Section 1 in what's left at the top and centering Section 3 in what's
left at the bottom?

You would have to figure this out mathematically and set the corresponding
row heights accordingly.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Robert Macy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:5df86182-94be-4a3e-aa0b-(E-Mail Removed)...
On Oct 26, 2:31 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnh...@mvps.org> wrote:
> You could make three (unbordered) table rows, with exact row height, and
> vertically center the content of each.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org
>
> "Robert Macy" <m...@california.com> wrote in message
>
> news:74b4100d-49f0-4986-b98b-(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>
>
> > Picture a top block of text lines, Section 1
>
> > Long body of text lines, Section 2
>
> > Trailing text lines of information, Section 3
>
> > How do I center Section 2 on the page vertically, then center Section
> > 1 in remaining top space and Section 3 in remaining bottom space?
>
> > Is there a way to do this easily?

Thank you for your reply.

Would this center Section 2 on the whole page, followed by centering
Section 1 in what's left at the top and centering Section 3 in what's
left at the bottom?

Divide the page height (top margin to bottom margin) into three and create a
three row table with each row set to exactly the result. Set each table cell
to centre the contents.

If the middle row needs to be bigger to accommodate the contents, then
reduce the top and bottom row by half the amount you need to expand the
centre row.

--
Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP

"Robert Macy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:5df86182-94be-4a3e-aa0b-(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Oct 26, 2:31 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnh...@mvps.org> wrote:
>> You could make three (unbordered) table rows, with exact row height, and
>> vertically center the content of each.
>>
>> --
>> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>> Words into Type
>> Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org
>>
>> "Robert Macy" <m...@california.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:74b4100d-49f0-4986-b98b-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>>
>>
>> > Picture a top block of text lines, Section 1
>>
>> > Long body of text lines, Section 2
>>
>> > Trailing text lines of information, Section 3
>>
>> > How do I center Section 2 on the page vertically, then center Section
>> > 1 in remaining top space and Section 3 in remaining bottom space?
>>
>> > Is there a way to do this easily?
>
> Thank you for your reply.
>
> Would this center Section 2 on the whole page, followed by centering
> Section 1 in what's left at the top and centering Section 3 in what's
> left at the bottom?

On Oct 27, 1:49*am, "Terry Farrell" <terryfarr...@msn.com> wrote:
> Divide the page height (top margin to bottom margin) into three and create a
> three row table with each row set to exactly the result. Set each table cell
> to centre the contents.
>
> If the middle row needs to be bigger to accommodate the contents, then
> reduce the top and bottom row by half the amount you need to expand the
> centre row.
>
> --
> Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP
>
> "Robert Macy" <m...@california.com> wrote in message
>
> news:5df86182-94be-4a3e-aa0b-(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>
>
> > On Oct 26, 2:31 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnh...@mvps.org> wrote:
> >> You could make three (unbordered) table rows, with exact row height, and
> >> vertically center the content of each.
>
> >> --
> >> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> >> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> >> Words into Type
> >> Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org
>
> >> "Robert Macy" <m...@california.com> wrote in message
>
> >>news:74b4100d-49f0-4986-b98b-(E-Mail Removed)....
>
> >> > Picture a top block of text lines, Section 1
>
> >> > Long body of text lines, Section 2
>
> >> > Trailing text lines of information, Section 3
>
> >> > How do I center Section 2 on the page vertically, then center Section
> >> > 1 in remaining top space and Section 3 in remaining bottom space?
>
> >> > Is there a way to do this easily?
>
> > Thank you for your reply.
>
> > Would this center Section 2 on the whole page, followed by centering
> > Section 1 in what's left at the top and centering Section 3 in what's
> > left at the bottom?

Thank you. I will start experimenting.

But, so far letting the computer vertically center the text has not
been very acceptable. Way off.

So may have to stick with manual centering.

Robert

In which case try the following...

Enter the first, second and third text sections of text.
Move the cursor into the final paragraph of the first section of text and
use Format Paragraph to adjust the Space After until the second section is
perfectly centred to your satisfaction.
Move the cursor into the final paragraph of the (now centred) second section
and adjust the Space after to move the section three text to the bottom of
the page.

Does that work for you?

Terry

"Robert Macy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:542f010b-779c-4210-8aa4-(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Oct 27, 1:49 am, "Terry Farrell" <terryfarr...@msn.com> wrote:
>> Divide the page height (top margin to bottom margin) into three and
>> create a
>> three row table with each row set to exactly the result. Set each table
>> cell
>> to centre the contents.
>>
>> If the middle row needs to be bigger to accommodate the contents, then
>> reduce the top and bottom row by half the amount you need to expand the
>> centre row.
>>
>> --
>> Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP
>>
>> "Robert Macy" <m...@california.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:5df86182-94be-4a3e-aa0b-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>>
>>
>> > On Oct 26, 2:31 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnh...@mvps.org> wrote:
>> >> You could make three (unbordered) table rows, with exact row height,
>> >> and
>> >> vertically center the content of each.
>>
>> >> --
>> >> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>> >> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>> >> Words into Type
>> >> Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org
>>
>> >> "Robert Macy" <m...@california.com> wrote in message
>>
>> >>news:74b4100d-49f0-4986-b98b-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>> >> > Picture a top block of text lines, Section 1
>>
>> >> > Long body of text lines, Section 2
>>
>> >> > Trailing text lines of information, Section 3
>>
>> >> > How do I center Section 2 on the page vertically, then center
>> >> > Section
>> >> > 1 in remaining top space and Section 3 in remaining bottom space?
>>
>> >> > Is there a way to do this easily?
>>
>> > Thank you for your reply.
>>
>> > Would this center Section 2 on the whole page, followed by centering
>> > Section 1 in what's left at the top and centering Section 3 in what's
>> > left at the bottom?
>
> Thank you. I will start experimenting.
>
> But, so far letting the computer vertically center the text has not
> been very acceptable. Way off.
>
> So may have to stick with manual centering.
>
> Robert