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+/* ====================================================================
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+(the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+==================================================================== */
+package org.apache.poi.ss.examples;
+
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.*;
+import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.*;
+
+/**
+ * Shows how various alignment options work.
+ */
+public class AligningCells {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
+        Workbook wb = new XSSFWorkbook(); //or new HSSFWorkbook();
+
+        Sheet sheet = wb.createSheet();
+        Row row = sheet.createRow((short) 2);
+        row.setHeightInPoints(30);
+        for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
+            //column width is set in units of 1/256th of a character width
+            sheet.setColumnWidth(i, 256 * 15);
+        }
+
+        createCell(wb, row, (short) 0, CellStyle.ALIGN_CENTER, CellStyle.VERTICAL_BOTTOM);
+        createCell(wb, row, (short) 1, CellStyle.ALIGN_CENTER_SELECTION, CellStyle.VERTICAL_BOTTOM);
+        createCell(wb, row, (short) 2, CellStyle.ALIGN_FILL, CellStyle.VERTICAL_CENTER);
+        createCell(wb, row, (short) 3, CellStyle.ALIGN_GENERAL, CellStyle.VERTICAL_CENTER);
+        createCell(wb, row, (short) 4, CellStyle.ALIGN_JUSTIFY, CellStyle.VERTICAL_JUSTIFY);
+        createCell(wb, row, (short) 5, CellStyle.ALIGN_LEFT, CellStyle.VERTICAL_TOP);
+        createCell(wb, row, (short) 6, CellStyle.ALIGN_RIGHT, CellStyle.VERTICAL_TOP);
+
+        // Write the output to a file
+        FileOutputStream fileOut = new FileOutputStream("ss-example-align.xlsx");
+        wb.write(fileOut);
+        fileOut.close();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a cell and aligns it a certain way.
+     *
+     * @param wb     the workbook
+     * @param row    the row to create the cell in
+     * @param column the column number to create the cell in
+     * @param halign the horizontal alignment for the cell.
+     */
+    private static void createCell(Workbook wb, Row row, short column, short halign, short valign) {
+        CreationHelper ch = wb.getCreationHelper();
+        Cell cell = row.createCell(column);
+        cell.setCellValue(ch.createRichTextString("Align It"));
+        CellStyle cellStyle = wb.createCellStyle();
+        cellStyle.setAlignment(halign);
+        cellStyle.setVerticalAlignment(valign);
+        cell.setCellStyle(cellStyle);
+    }
+}
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