Using decimal tab stops. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/SettingTabs.htm

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"taklak" wrote in message
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I work in an accounting department and we have many numbers in Word
Tables.
How do I align the numbers that are bracketed and non-bracketed?
EX: 1234 versus 1234
(1234) (1234)

thanks so much!