How to vertically center text in a box in Illustrator CS5?

Question

How do I vertically center text in a box in Illustrator CS5? I cannot find a way to do that; in InDesign, it's a click away!

Answer 1

I know what you mean. Quark had it too—1-click vertically-centered text. Illustrator doesn’t have that feature.

If you create a Paragraph Style, in the “Indents and Spacing” area of Style Options, use the "Space Before" button to move the text down. Use Command/Ctrl. for tenths of 1pt. For this to work, insert one hard Return before the block of text.

Answer 2

If the box is an element itself, select it and the text and vertically align in the align tab. If its a text field box you can mess with adding space lines and set the leading in the character panel while highlighting that row of text