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How do I left justify my pages

wendy seemann

How do I left justify entire sections of text (that are not in tables) on Confluence pages when the page also includes tables?

For example, when I create a page, parts of the page that are only text are left aligned (I've used the text alignment button on the top of the page). Then I insert a table. When I publish the page, the text (that was previously left aligned and is not part of the table), now displays in the center of the page.

In the picture below, I'm referring to the titles above the table. I'd like these to be left justified.

I see that there were several questions on this in 2019 and several requests to Atlassian for this to be fixed, but I cannot find that this issue was fixed. I'd appreciate any solutions available. Thanks!

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Benjamin_tmh9yg

Hi @wendy seemann

Left, Center and Right alignment is there when editing. If you need justify, there's work arounds posted by the community. Here's a few articles:

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-to-left-align-for-pages-in-confluence/qaq-p/1016722

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Justify-Text-in-Confluence-5-1/qaq-p/348577

-Ben

Rilwan Ahmed

Hi @wendy seemann ,

To left align the texts inside the Table, you need to select the whole table and then click on align button on the Editor menu bar.

If required, you can align each column or row. All depends on what you select

wendy seemann

Thanks Rilwan for your response. I'm asking about text that is outside of the table (and is already left aligned), but the alignment then becomes centered upon publish. I've edited my question. Thanks!

wendy seemann

Thanks for your response Benjamin. Unfortunately these links reference my issue, but don't solve it. These include several requests to Atlassian to fix the issue. I've edited my question to be more specific. Thanks!

Rilwan Ahmed

Hi @wendy seemann ,

In page edit mode, Keep the cursor on the start of the line and hit the left align as shown in my first response.

n0270547

Hi @Rilwan Ahmed ,

When I try your suggestion, it shows the table is already aligned left but visually is still in the center. I tried again with a new page, and the align left button is grayed out.

Screenshot 2023-12-08 at 10.30.04 AM.png

Bill Gale

I figured it out. See my response at:

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-to-left-align-for-pages-in-confluence/qaq-p/1016722#U2917266

This will allow you to left justify non-table page text, and additionally control table position centered, left justified, table width, column widths.

All with a super kludgy non-intuitative interface that feels like a beta at best.

@wendy seemann

Maya Pedersen

@Bill Gale

I appreciate the effort but the issue is that the non-table content does not align left - not completely, that is.

While it does expand somewhat content is still centered, while the heading, the comments etc, are left aligned - see my attachment.

Perhaps this only occurs on high resolution-screens (4K)? Or monitors past a certain size? It shouldn't matter at all but I'm clutching at straws here. It is incredibly annoying to look at on a daily basis

@wendy seemann I know this was ages ago but did you ever find a solution? Does your issue match my screenshot?

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