I am doing a restaurant menu and am having trouble with the dots lining up.
I am using the decimal tab for the prices on the right side and have
repeating periods running between the food item on the left side and the
prices. Example:

Apple Pie Slice.................... 5.95
Cherry Pie Slice................... 5.95
Whold Pie........................... 10.95

In the example above, I am not concerned about the prices not being lined up
because I am using the decimal tab in my document and the prices are ok. The
problem I have is the same as above. Where the period ends just before the
price, they are not aligned vertically. Nothing I do seems to work to get
them to align. HELP.

Don't type the dots by hand. Specify dot leaders when you set the tab
positions.



"bjimer" wrote in message
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I am doing a restaurant menu and am having trouble with the dots lining up.
I am using the decimal tab for the prices on the right side and have
repeating periods running between the food item on the left side and the
prices. Example:

Apple Pie Slice.................... 5.95
Cherry Pie Slice................... 5.95
Whold Pie........................... 10.95

In the example above, I am not concerned about the prices not being lined
up
because I am using the decimal tab in my document and the prices are ok.
The
problem I have is the same as above. Where the period ends just before
the
price, they are not aligned vertically. Nothing I do seems to work to get
them to align. HELP.

And if you want it to look neat, set a separate tab stop for the leaders,
far enough to the left of the prices to comfortably clear the longest one.

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"Jezebel" wrote in message
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Don't type the dots by hand. Specify dot leaders when you set the tab
positions.



"bjimer" wrote in message
...
I am doing a restaurant menu and am having trouble with the dots lining
up.
I am using the decimal tab for the prices on the right side and have
repeating periods running between the food item on the left side and the
prices. Example:

Apple Pie Slice.................... 5.95
Cherry Pie Slice................... 5.95
Whold Pie........................... 10.95

In the example above, I am not concerned about the prices not being
lined
up
because I am using the decimal tab in my document and the prices are ok.
The
problem I have is the same as above. Where the period ends just before
the
price, they are not aligned vertically. Nothing I do seems to work to
get
them to align. HELP.