If you insert a decimal tab stop in the cells in a given column, your
figures will align as desired. For more, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/SettingTabs.htm

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"Paulathome" wrote in message
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I want to align figures in a table so that where negative figures are
shown
in brackets, they align with the positive figures. Normally the bracket
aligns with the right digit of the positive numbers.