Vertical Align text in a Label

Question

I have been asked to vertically align the text in the labels for the fields in a form but I don\'t understand why they are not moving. I have tried putting in-line styles using

Answer 1

To do this you should alter the vertical-align property of the input.

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Here is a more complete version. It has been tested in IE 8 and it works. see the difference by removing the vertical-align: middle from the input:

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