Centering Text in Table Vertically

Question

When I try to make a table I get a well spaced table but my text is only centered horizontally. Is there a way to center the text in the table vertically as well?

\begin{table*}[]
\renewcommand\arraystretch{1.5}
\centering
\caption{Table}
\label{my-label}
\resizebox{\textwidth}{!}{%
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|}
\hline
\textbf{c} & \textbf{c} & \textbf{c} & \textbf{c} & \textbf{c} & \textbf{c} & \textbf{c} \\ \hline
\textbf{c} & c & c & c & c & c & c \\ \hline
\end{tabular}
}
\end{table*}

Answer 1

I got what you wanted by removing the wrapper you used \resizebox{\textwidth}{!}{% } and leaving all the code you had inside that.

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\begin{table*}[]
\renewcommand\arraystretch{1.5}
\centering
\caption{Table}
\label{my-label}
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|}
\hline
\textbf{c} & \textbf{c} & \textbf{c} & \textbf{c} & \textbf{c} & \textbf{c} & \textbf{c} \\ \hline
\textbf{c} & long word & arsodunarsodu & a sentence is here.& c & c & c \\ \hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table*}

\end{document}

related question:vertically align text in table in LaTeX

Answer 2

Your question is not very clear ... I assume, that you looking for something like this:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}%
\usepackage[showframe]{geometry}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{tabularx}
    \renewcommand\tabularxcolumn[1]{m{#1}}
    \newcolumntype{C}{>{\centering\arraybackslash}X}

\begin{document}

    \begin{table}
\renewcommand\arraystretch{1.5}
    \centering
    \caption{caption}
    \label{my-label}
\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{|*{7}{C|}}
\hline
\textbf{c} & \textbf{c} & \textbf{c} & \textbf{c} & \textbf{c} & \textbf{c} & \textbf{c} \\ \hline
\textbf{c} & c & c & c & c & c & c \\ \hline
\end{tabularx}
    \end{table}

\end{document} 

As you can see, I don't use \resizebox{\textwidth}{!}{ ... }, which also change (enlarge/shrink) font size in table. Instead it I suggest to use tabularx and redefine its column type (see MWE).

Answer 3

(This answer is based on the OP's original code.)

You should get rid of all [10pt] vertical spacing adjusters. In addition, you should contemplate (a) increasing the value of \arraystretch, (b) getting rid of all vertical lines and most horizontal lines and (c) introducing linebreaks in the header cells, as the cells are needlessly wide otherwise. That way, the need to reduce the table size (via \resizebox) becomes much less extreme than it is in your original code.

By getting rid of most horizontal lines, the issue of how to achieve vertical centering between the lines simply disappears, i.e., it is simply no longer relevant. :-)

I would also (d) get rid of most boldface which, when overused (as I would say is the case here), achieves nothing at all.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx,booktabs}
\usepackage[table]{xcolor}
\newcommand\mycolor{\cellcolor[HTML]{FFCC67}}
\usepackage[skip=0.33\baselineskip]{caption}
\newcommand\mycell[1]{%
   \begin{tabular}[t]{@{}c@{}} #1 \end{tabular}}
\begin{document}

\begin{table}
\captionsetup{font=scriptsize}
\caption{Selection Matrix}
\label{my-label}
\resizebox{\textwidth}{!}{%
\scriptsize%
\renewcommand\arraystretch{1.3}%
\setlength\arraycolsep{2pt}%
\begin{tabular}{@{}lr*{5}{c}@{}}
\toprule
Criteria & Weight & \mycell{Skin-\\Gun\textsuperscript{TM}} & \mycell{Auto-\\graft} & \mycell{Strata-\\graft\textsuperscript{\textregistered}} & \mycell{Amniotic\\Membrane} & \mycell{Silver Nitrate\\Solution} \\ 
\midrule
Safety             & 20\% & 5 & \mycolor\textbf{3} & 4 & 2 & 2 \\ 
Effectiveness      & 20\% & 4 & \mycolor\textbf{3} & 4 & 3 & 2 \\ 
Healing Time       & 15\% & 4 & \mycolor\textbf{3} & 4 & 4 & 2 \\ 
Invasiveness       & 10\% & 5 & 1 & \mycolor\textbf{3} & 5 & 4 \\ 
Easy to Apply      & 10\% & 4 & 1 & 2 & 5 & \mycolor\textbf{3} \\ 
Preparation        &7.5\% & 3 & 1 & \mycolor\textbf{3} & 3 & 5 \\ 
Availability       &  5\% & 1 & \mycolor\textbf{3} & 1 & 2 & 5 \\
Post-Treatment Aesthetics & 5\% & 5 & 1 & \mycolor\textbf{3} & 2 & 2 \\
Affordability      &  5\% & 1 & \mycolor\textbf{3} & 3 & 4 & 5 \\
Hospital Stay Time &2.5\% & 1 & \mycolor\textbf{3} & 3 & 4 & 5 \\ \midrule
Score & & 3.975 & 2.35 & 3.375 & 3.325 & 2.9 \\ 
Rank  & & 1 & 5 & 2 & 3 & 4 \\ \bottomrule
\end{tabular}
}
\end{table}
\end{document}