Administration and Executive AssistantTier 1010 minbeginner

Horizontal Alignment

Right-align a text value so it lines up visually with the real numbers beside it.

What you will learn

• Apply horizontal alignment (left, center, right) to a cell
• Explain why a value stored as text left-aligns by default, even when it looks numeric
• Recognise when alignment should match the visual convention of the column it sits in

Excel skills

Horizontal Alignment · Cell Formatting

The task

Order numbers are stored as text (to keep their leading zeros), so they sit left-aligned - out of step with the right-aligned quantities beside them. Right-align the order number column so the two line up visually.

You work in a real spreadsheet in your browser, and your answer is checked against hidden traps the moment you submit.

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