Should quantities with unit labels be left- or right-aligned in a grid?

1. Should numbers be right or left aligned in Excel?
2. Should dates be aligned left or right?
3. How should numbers be aligned?
4. Should tables be left aligned or centered?

Should numbers be right or left aligned in Excel?

Therefore, tables should keep numerical data right-aligned. Textual data is read (in English) from left-to-right. Comparing textual elements is typically done by sorting into alphabetical order: if two entries start with the same letter, the second letter is used, and so on.

Should dates be aligned left or right?

Dates (in any format) should ideally be left-aligned inside a data table column. A rule of thumb is: integers should be right aligned, while other types of data should be left aligned. The default alignment for most types of data is left alignment -- this helps make the data easily scannable, readable and comparable.

How should numbers be aligned?

Always right-align headings and data in columns so that units, tens, hundreds and thousands are aligned and numbers of equal value are easily comparable.

Should tables be left aligned or centered?

Left-align the information in the leftmost column or stub column of the table body (but center the heading). In general, center information in all other cells of the table. However, left-align the information if doing so would improve readability, particularly when cells contain lots of text.