Vertical Alignment in Pages is Missing

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Vertical Alignment in Pages is Missing

Hi! I'm trying to center the text vertically in a Pages document. It's plain text, no text boxes, no tables, just text on a page. When I go to Style in the Format sidebar there is no option for vertical alignment. Horizontal alignment and increase/decrease indent are there but the vertical alignment is not. It's not that it's available but greyed out; it's just not there (see the attached image).

MBP 15-inch, 2018

Sequoia 15.5

Pages v. 14.4

Any help is greatly appreciated!

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 15.5

Posted on Jul 21, 2025 4:34 PM

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Answer 1

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VikingOSX

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Jul 22, 2025 4:10 AM in response to Sarah H. from Texas

Vertical alignment works on selected document objects such as shapes or text boxes via the Arrange panel, but not on plain body text. You can manipulate your top margin and/or suppress the heading in the Document panel to increase the height of your centered body text for faux vertical treatment.

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Answer 2

Camelot

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Jul 24, 2025 10:14 AM in response to VikingOSX

Or, create a text box that extends to the entire page and put your text in that. You can apply vertical alignment to the box, and since the box matches the page... viola!

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