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Description

It is to center elements on a page. See also Template:Align for more options and flexibility.

Usage

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To do this without a template, simply use the following code: <syntaxhighlight lang="HTML">

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</syntaxhighlight> To center a table, see Help:TABLECENTER.

Notes:

• If the markup to be centered includes an equals sign, the markup must be preceded by 1=. Example: {{Center|1=the <span style="color:red">red</span> one}}.
• If the markup to be centered includes a displaying pipe, the pipe must be escaped as {{!}} or |.

Tables

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{{#switch: left	left = Left	right = Left	center = Left	#default = Error in Template:Align: the alignment setting "left" is invalid. }} || {{#switch: center	left = Center	right = Center	center = Center	#default = Error in Template:Align: the alignment setting "center" is invalid. }} || {{#switch: right	left = Right	right = Right	center = Right	#default = Error in Template:Align: the alignment setting "right" is invalid. }}

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See also

• {{Center block}}
• {{align}}
• {{right}}, {{left}} and {{justify}}
• {{Image frame}}