In this article I will provide an example on how to find cells with a specific vertical alignment. You can download the code and file related to this article here.

The user selects the desired vertical alignment to find from a drop down list:

After pressing the run button the program searches row 3 for the alignment specified by the drop down list. If the alignment formatting is matched, the cell below the text is colored green:

By modifying the cell alignments in row 3 and pressing run the program repeats the search:

A drop down list is created using data validation. The input values for the drop down list are in column A of sheet2. For more information about creating drop down lists please see Excel VBA Drop Down Lists:

The program has 2 main functions. The first function is executed when the run button is pressed. It loops through all the cells in row 3 and checks for an alignment match. If a match is found the adjacent cell is colored green:

'executes when the user presses the Run button
Private Sub btnRun_Click()
Dim i As Integer
'loops through all the columns
For i = 1 To 6
    'checks if the alignment matches the alignment selected from
    'the drop down list
    If CheckAlignment(Cells(1, 3), i) = True Then
        Range(Cells(4, i), Cells(4, i)).Interior.Color = 3394611
    Else
        Range(Cells(4, i), Cells(4, i)).Interior.Pattern = xlNone
    End If
Next i
End Sub


The line below colors the cell green. The number 3394611 is a color code. This was obtained using the macro recorder. For more information about about the macro recorder please see Excel VBA Formatting Cells and Ranges Using the Macro Recorder:

Range(Cells(4, i), Cells(4, i)).Interior.Color = 3394611


The line below removes any fill color previously assigned to the cell:

Range(Cells(4, i), Cells(4, i)).Interior.Pattern = xlNone


The function CheckAlignment() receives as input 2 parameters:

1. strAlignment: The alignment selected from the drop down list to be matched with the alignments in row 3.
2. intColumn: The column index to check for the match.

It checks if the cell in row 3 in the column specified by the parameter intColumn has the alignment specified by the parameter strAlignment and returns True if a match is made and False if not:

'checks if the selected alignment from the drop down list matches
'the alignment of the cell in row 3 and the column specified by
'the intColumn input parameter
Private Function CheckAlignment(ByVal strAlignment As String, ByVal intColumn _
As Integer) As Boolean
'apply top alignment

'Check center alignment
If strAlignment = "Center" Then
    If Range(Cells(3, intColumn), Cells(3, intColumn)).VerticalAlignment _
    = xlCenter Then
        CheckAlignment = True
    Else
        CheckAlignment = False
    End If
'Check left alignment
ElseIf strAlignment = "Top" Then
    If Range(Cells(3, intColumn), Cells(3, intColumn)).VerticalAlignment _
    = xlTop Then
        CheckAlignment = True
    Else
        CheckAlignment = False
    End If
'Check right alignment
ElseIf strAlignment = "Bottom" Then
    If Range(Cells(3, intColumn), Cells(3, intColumn)).VerticalAlignment _
    = xlBottom Then
        CheckAlignment = True
    Else
        CheckAlignment = False
    End If
'Check justify alignment
ElseIf strAlignment = "Justify" Then
    If Range(Cells(3, intColumn), Cells(3, intColumn)).VerticalAlignment _
    = xlJustify Then
        CheckAlignment = True
    Else
        CheckAlignment = False
    End If
'Check distributed alignment
ElseIf strAlignment = "Distributed" Then
    If Range(Cells(3, intColumn), Cells(3, intColumn)).VerticalAlignment _
    = xlDistributed Then
        CheckAlignment = True
    Else
        CheckAlignment = False
    End If
End If
End Function


Results:

User selects bottom alignment:

User selects justify alignment:

User selects distributed alignment:

You can download the code and file related to this article here.

See also:

• Excel VBA Set Vertical Alignment (Sample Code)
• Excel VBA, Vertical Alignment
• Excel VBA, Alignment
• Excel VBA Formatting Cells and Ranges Using the Macro Recorder
• Excel VBA Drop Down Lists

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