# Report Text and Table Alignment

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-text-and-table-alignment/71314>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81\
**Created:** [March 20, 2023, 2:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-text-and-table-alignment/71314 "2023-03-20T14:28:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![jcaudle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/35a633/32.png) [@jcaudle](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jcaudle)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 2:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-text-and-table-alignment/71314/1 "2023-03-20T14:28:46Z")

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What am I missing in the Report Builder? The text in a text box hugs the bottom. The text in a table's cell hugs the bottom. Vertical Alignment Top does nothing.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/4/c/4c4654a31a19861844c44bc473b0fdacdbab8ebd.png)

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 4:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-text-and-table-alignment/71314/2 "2023-03-20T16:09:18Z")

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Can you share some more information about your setup? We tried to replicate this in-house and it's working fine.

In particular, what Ignition version are you using, and what's up with the `Dialog.bold` font? If I choose 'Dialog', set it to bold, and set the font size to 100, I get the result I would expect:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/a/d/ad786e455387942bade97e93e5d039ff30ae862b.png)

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**Author:** ![jcaudle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/35a633/32.png) [@jcaudle](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jcaudle)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-text-and-table-alignment/71314/3 "2023-03-20T17:05:37Z")

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Sure thing. I'm running version 8.1.24. Diaglog.plain and diaglog.bold have no impact on the vertical alignment. I also cannot stop the table grid from growing downward with lots of margins around the cell values.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/c/e/ce2bacdd4068951e11829c7c999bbc7a252f8f1b.png)

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/4/4/44ecae00148fe88fe5a8c3b3d5eb317c6c199708.png)

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**Author:** ![jcaudle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/35a633/32.png) [@jcaudle](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jcaudle)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-text-and-table-alignment/71314/4 "2023-03-20T17:11:00Z")

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Its the Text Margins. They are all set to 5 by default. That's why my table is growing.

The Margins have no helpful impact on the large text box.

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**Author:** ![Vi\_Quang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/vi_quang/32/82707_2.png) [@Vi\_Quang](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Vi_Quang)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-text-and-table-alignment/71314/5 "2023-03-20T17:14:27Z")

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With the text margins adjusted, does Preview and Design now look more or less the same when it comes to the table?

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**Author:** ![jcaudle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/35a633/32.png) [@jcaudle](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jcaudle)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 7:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-text-and-table-alignment/71314/6 "2023-03-20T19:04:31Z")

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With zero margins there is still ample space around the text for my liking but yes. Its working as expected now.