Text alignment issues in Mentur
Distinguish centered, right-aligned, distributed, or justified paragraphs and decide what needs to change.
Updated August 9, 2026
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How to review alignment
Alignment controls how a paragraph is positioned between the margins. Mentur separates centered, right-aligned, distributed, and justified cases so you can distinguish body text from a heading or another special element.
Open the evidence and confirm the paragraph’s function. If it belongs to the paper’s body, apply the stated alignment through the Paragraph settings. If it is a heading, title page element, or label, check the rule for that element first.
Read the full explanation under paragraph alignment and indentation.
Issues Mentur may show
Find the same title shown in your report. Each explanation helps you understand the result, apply the correction, and consult the related APA rule.
Warning
Centered text in a content paragraph
What we found
This paragraph is centered and should align to the left. Alignment describes how lines sit between the page margins. Body text normally has an even left edge and a ragged right edge; centering and other alignments are reserved for particular elements, so one setting should not be applied blindly to the entire file.
How to fix it
- 1In the report, open the observation titled “Centered text in a content paragraph” and use its location or highlighted evidence to find the affected content.
- 2Set regular body text flush left and leave the right margin uneven unless the element has a specific APA exception.
- 3Check another paragraph or page that uses the same style. If the change came from a Word style, confirm that it did not alter valid exceptions elsewhere in the paper.
It should look like this:
Paragraph alignment: LeftAPA criterion
APA Publication Manual, 7th ed., Section 2.23: align text to the left and leave the right margin uneven.
Read the rule in the APA guideCritical
Right-aligned text is not allowed
What we found
This paragraph is aligned to the right. Alignment describes how lines sit between the page margins. Body text normally has an even left edge and a ragged right edge; centering and other alignments are reserved for particular elements, so one setting should not be applied blindly to the entire file.
How to fix it
- 1In the report, open the observation titled “Right-aligned text is not allowed” and use its location or highlighted evidence to find the affected content.
- 2Set regular body text flush left and leave the right margin uneven unless the element has a specific APA exception.
- 3Check another paragraph or page that uses the same style. If the change came from a Word style, confirm that it did not alter valid exceptions elsewhere in the paper.
It should look like this:
Paragraph alignment: LeftAPA criterion
APA Publication Manual, 7th ed., Section 2.23: align text to the left and leave the right margin uneven.
Read the rule in the APA guideCritical
Distributed alignment is not allowed
What we found
This paragraph uses spacing that spreads the words too far apart. Alignment describes how lines sit between the page margins. Body text normally has an even left edge and a ragged right edge; centering and other alignments are reserved for particular elements, so one setting should not be applied blindly to the entire file.
How to fix it
- 1In the report, open the observation titled “Distributed alignment is not allowed” and use its location or highlighted evidence to find the affected content.
- 2Set regular body text flush left and leave the right margin uneven unless the element has a specific APA exception.
- 3Check another paragraph or page that uses the same style. If the change came from a Word style, confirm that it did not alter valid exceptions elsewhere in the paper.
It should look like this:
Paragraph alignment: LeftAPA criterion
APA Publication Manual, 7th ed., Section 2.23: align text to the left and leave the right margin uneven.
Read the rule in the APA guideCritical
Justified text is not allowed
What we found
This paragraph is justified and should align to the left. Alignment describes how lines sit between the page margins. Body text normally has an even left edge and a ragged right edge; centering and other alignments are reserved for particular elements, so one setting should not be applied blindly to the entire file.
How to fix it
- 1In the report, open the observation titled “Justified text is not allowed” and use its location or highlighted evidence to find the affected content.
- 2Change the paragraph from justified to left aligned.
- 3Check another paragraph or page that uses the same style. If the change came from a Word style, confirm that it did not alter valid exceptions elsewhere in the paper.
It should look like this:
Paragraph alignment: LeftAPA criterion
APA Publication Manual, 7th ed., Section 2.23: align text to the left and leave the right margin uneven.
Read the rule in the APA guideWarning
Text alignment could not be detected
What we found
We could not confirm how this paragraph is aligned. Alignment describes how lines sit between the page margins. Body text normally has an even left edge and a ragged right edge; centering and other alignments are reserved for particular elements, so one setting should not be applied blindly to the entire file.
How to fix it
- 1In the report, open the observation titled “Text alignment could not be detected” and use its location or highlighted evidence to find the affected content.
- 2Set regular body text flush left and leave the right margin uneven unless the element has a specific APA exception.
- 3Check another paragraph or page that uses the same style. If the change came from a Word style, confirm that it did not alter valid exceptions elsewhere in the paper.
It should look like this:
Paragraph alignment: LeftAPA criterion
APA Publication Manual, 7th ed., Section 2.23: align text to the left and leave the right margin uneven.
Read the rule in the APA guide
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