https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159654

--- Comment #6 from ady <[email protected]> ---
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #2)
> Created attachment 192479 [details]
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> "Centre Across Selection" is an option of the horizontal text alignment (not
> the vertical!). Cells become not merged but the text "virtually" placed as
> if.

I shall clarify my poor wording.

In Excel (xls(x)), "center _across_ selection" is only applicable to horizontal
alignment, taking a selection of adjacent cells in multiple columns, but
without merging the selected cells into one. IIRC, "center across selection" is
even older than "merge and center".

Having said that, a web search will show you that users would like to be able
to achieve a similar result over a vertical selection, instead of "across" a
(horizontal) selection. There is no such vertical alignment setting of a group
of multiple cells in Excel, AFAIK. Please remember: all this is without merging
cells.

My comment 1 was/is a wish, since we are talking about an enhancement request,
to "expand" the original RFE to cover not only horizontal alignment but also
the possibility to act on a vertical selection. The "horizontal selection" case
is known as "center across selection" (without merging) in Excel, while the
vertical case would be a plus, frequently asked in forums and alike ("how can I
achieve...").

If this "expansion" of the original request is not possible, I'm sure that many
users will be anyway happy to get in Calc the equivalent horizontal alignment
of "center across selection" (without merging) of Excel.

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