Aligning all of the text throughout your document in the same way looks the most professional. Especially if you are combining manuscript chapters, you should review your text alignment. Either left-aligned or justified text is acceptable, but be sure you are consistent throughout your entire document.

You can select your chosen alignment under the Home ribbon, Paragraph section or using the Paragraph dialog box in Microsoft Word.

Left-aligned text:

align left

Justified text:

justified text