You need to use a decimal tab stop. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/SettingTabs.htm

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"Geoff Barrett" wrote in message
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I need to find out how to set up math columns using Dollars and Cents in
an
expense report ao that the numbers fall below each other by using some
form
of tab sets

Geoff Barrett