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Default how do I make my own contents page so numbers align properly

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"challa prabhu" wrote in message
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Mr. Suzanne S. Barnhill is right. You have to use the Right Tab on the

ruler
with any leader you wish to seperate the content from the page number. The
reason is when you use the Right Tab, page numbers in double digists

aligns
properly with the single digits.

Challa Prabhu

"Hailz" wrote:

having trouble trying to set up my own table of contents page... need to
align the numbers so everything is perfectly straight and aligned...but

when
i type for example..
Heading

One............................................... ..........................
.....1
heading

two............................................... ..........................
......2

it doesnt align the numbers properly... its out of wack a little...
please help...
I know about the automatic Table of Contents option but I dont want to

use
that as i've already typed up my own format of how the page should look,

and
I dont want it linked to the rest of my document...
Cheers... please help.