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Doug Robbins - Word MVP Doug Robbins - Word MVP is offline
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Default how to align dollar signs in tables

Set a left aligned tab at the left of the cell and positing the decimal tab
where you want the decimal point to be aligned. Then when you enter the
cell type the $ and then use Ctrl+Tab and then type the number.

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"gcs" wrote in message
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When formatting numbers in cells in tables, I want the dollar sign to
align
to the left margin of the cell. The numbers are aligned decimal at the
right
margin of the cell.