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Default Macro for aligning on plus/minus?

Set a right-tab closely followed by a centre tab and a let tab. Then use
tabs instead of spaces.


"Sinvicta" wrote in message
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I know you can align text on a decimal, but I need to align columns in a
table on a plus/minus symbol (I actually use an underlined plus because I
have found that the sysmbol doesn't always transfer to a different
computer).
I have columns of text in which each cell looks something like this: 42.5
+
12.4 (with the plus underlined). I can't use a monospaced font, so even
aligning on the first decimal or just centering the text will throw off
the
alignment of the plus/minus (eg, 11.1 + 81.1 versus 88.8 + 88.1 does not
line
up on the plus/minus). Is it possible to get around this or to create a
macro
to do this?