[Tex/LaTex] How to center a cell horizontally and vertically

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I just have a question.
I do have the impression that s21 (and also s22, s23, s24) is not exactly in the middle of the lines "Falls Spieler 1 'schiessen' wählt, wähle 'schiessen'." and "Falls Spieler 1 'passen' wählt, wähle 'passen'."
How can I center s21 (and also s22, s23, s24) horizontally and vertically? I hope you see what I mean. Thank you for your help!!

\documentclass[a4paper, fontsize=11pt]{scrbook}
\usepackage{geometry} \geometry{a4paper, top=25mm, left=25mm, right=25mm, bottom=20mm, headsep=10mm, footskip=12mm} 

\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}  
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}         
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}   
\usepackage{csquotes}             

\usepackage{amsmath} 
\usepackage{amssymb} 

\usepackage{multirow,array} 
\usepackage{arydshln}         

\begin{document}

\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{l|l}

\multirow{2}{10mm}{$s_{21}$} & Falls Spieler 1 \enquote*{schiessen} wählt, wähle \enquote*{schiessen}. \\
& Falls Spieler 1 \enquote*{passen} wählt, wähle \enquote*{passen}. \\
\hline

\multirow{2}{10mm}{$s_{22}$} & Falls Spieler 1 \enquote*{schiessen} wählt, wähle \enquote*{schiessen}. \\
& Falls Spieler 1 \enquote*{passen} wählt, wähle \enquote*{schiessen}. \\
\hline

\multirow{2}{10mm}{$s_{23}$} & Falls Spieler 1 \enquote*{schiessen} wählt, wähle \enquote*{passen}. \\
& Falls Spieler 1 \enquote*{passen} wählt, wähle \enquote*{passen}. \\
\hline

\multirow{2}{10mm}{$s_{24}$} & Falls Spieler 1 \enquote*{schiessen} wählt, wähle \enquote*{passen}. \\
& Falls Spieler 1 \enquote*{passen} wählt, wähle \enquote*{schiessen}. \\

\end{tabular}
\end{center}

\end{document}

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For centering you need to make two changes in your code:

first column type should be c
for multirow use \multirow{2}*{...} instead \multirow{2}{10mm}{

Since I can not compile your original MWE, I comment parts which doing troubles. SO I get the following result:

\documentclass[a4paper,fontsize=11pt]{scrbook}
\usepackage[margin=25mm]{geometry} 

\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage{csquotes}

%\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}

\usepackage{array,multirow}
\usepackage{arydshln}

\begin{document}
    \begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{c|l}
\multirow{2}*{$s_{21}$} 
    &   Falls Spieler 1 \\    %\enquote*{schiessen} wählt, wähle \enquote*{schiessen}. \\
    &   Falls Spieler 1 \\    %\enquote*{passen} wählt, wähle \enquote*{passen}. \\
\hline
\multirow{2}*{$s_{22}$} 
    &   Falls Spieler 1 \\    %\enquote*{schiessen} wählt, wähle \enquote*{schiessen}. \\
    &   Falls Spieler 1 \\    %\enquote*{passen} wählt, wähle \enquote*{schiessen}. \\
\hline
\multirow{2}*{$s_{23}$} 
    &   Falls Spieler 1 \\    %\enquote*{schiessen} wählt, wähle \enquote*{passen}. \\
    &   Falls Spieler 1 \\    %\enquote*{passen} wählt, wähle \enquote*{passen}. \\
\hline
\multirow{2}*{$s_{24}$} 
    &   Falls Spieler 1 \\    %\enquote*{schiessen} wählt, wähle \enquote*{passen}. \\
    &   Falls Spieler 1 \\    %\enquote*{passen} wählt, wähle \enquote*{schiessen}. \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
    \end{center}
\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] center horizontally and vertically a block of text

A "correct" way could be

\clearpage
\vspace*{\fill}
\begin{center}
\begin{minipage}{.6\textwidth}
Text that will be justified
...
\end{minipage}
\end{center}
\vfill % equivalent to \vspace{\fill}
\clearpage

The top vertical space should be \vspace*, so it doesn't disappear at the break. The justified text will be on a line width that's 6/10 of the normal line width, change the fraction to suit you.

You can in a similar way decide also for different spaces at the top and at the bottom; for instance

\clearpage
\vspace*{\stretch{2}}
\begin{center}
\begin{minipage}{.6\textwidth}
Text that will be justified
...
\end{minipage}
\end{center}
\vspace{\stretch{3}}
\clearpage

will leave spaces in the proportion 2/3; something of this kind can turn useful for a dedication page, as the dedication is usually not in the center of the page.

If you need that the text inside the minipage has indented paragraphs as the normal text, then center and minipage are not good. This can be accomplished by a more complicated construction:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\begin{document}

\clearpage
\vspace*{\fill}
\begin{list}{}{%
  \leftmargin=.2\textwidth
  \rightmargin=.2\textwidth
  \listparindent=\parindent
  \itemindent=\parindent
  \itemsep=0pt
  \parsep=0pt}
\item\relax
\lipsum[1-2]
\end{list}
\vfill % equivalent to \vspace{\fill}
\clearpage

\end{document}

The package lipsum just produces some text.

[Tex/LaTex] How to vertically and horizontally center a minipage

As your minipages are bigger than half of the page, they will need some more place on both sides of the text. Just put every two minipages in a \makebox for this. (Not my recommendation. Try to fit everything in your margins as this will look more consistent over your whole report.)

For vertical centring, just use the [p] specifier of your figure. If you use [t] instead or none at all, it will be flushed to the top if followed by text. No need for \vspace.

Load caption in order to get better spacing between captions and following images.

% arara: pdflatex

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[demo]{graphicx}
%\usepackage{changepage} % not needed any more
\usepackage{showframe} % just for demo
\usepackage{caption}

\begin{document}
\begin{figure}[p]
    \makebox[\textwidth][c]{%
        \begin{minipage}[b]{0.565\linewidth}
            \centering
            \includegraphics[scale=0.7]{plots/Reflex_128_Plot_xRemovals_yCPUsecondsEncoding.eps} 
            \caption{Reflex: $128 \times 128$ - Encoder} 
            \label{plot:encoding_decoding_cpu_time_2a} 
        \end{minipage}%
        \begin{minipage}[b]{0.565\linewidth}
            \centering
            \includegraphics[scale=0.7]{plots/Reflex_128_Plot_xRemovals_yCPUsecondsDecoding.eps} 
            \caption{Reflex: $128 \times 128$ - Decoder}
            \label{plot:encoding_decoding_cpu_time_2b}  
        \end{minipage}}%

        \makebox[\textwidth][c]{%       
        \begin{minipage}[b]{0.565\linewidth}
            \centering
            \includegraphics[scale=0.7]{plots/Lena_128_Plot_xRemovals_yCPUsecondsEncoding.eps} 
            \caption{Lena: $128 \times 128$ - Encoder} 
            \label{plot:encoding_decoding_cpu_time_3a} 
        \end{minipage}%
        \begin{minipage}[b]{0.565\linewidth}
            \centering
            \includegraphics[scale=0.7]{plots/Lena_128_Plot_xRemovals_yCPUsecondsDecoding.eps} 
            \caption{Lena: $128 \times 128$ - Decoder} 
            \label{plot:encoding_decoding_cpu_time_3b} 
        \end{minipage}}%

        \makebox[\textwidth][c]{%
        \begin{minipage}[b]{0.565\linewidth}
            \centering
            \includegraphics[scale=0.7]{plots/Fruits_128_Plot_xRemovals_yCPUsecondsEncoding.eps} 
            \caption{Fruits: $128 \times 128$ - Encoder} 
            \label{plot:encoding_decoding_cpu_time_4a} 
        \end{minipage}%
        \begin{minipage}[b]{0.565\linewidth}
            \includegraphics[scale=0.7]{plots/Fruits_128_Plot_xRemovals_yCPUsecondsDecoding.eps}
            \centering 
            \caption{Fruits: $128 \times 128$ - Decoder}
            \label{plot:encoding_decoding_cpu_time_4b}  
        \end{minipage}}%
\end{figure}
\end{document}

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