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The Right Price Syndrome
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I am using Word (2002) I would like to type a description of an item beginning at the left side of a page and then enter a price for that item but I would like the price to end up being at the right hand side of the page on the same line or rather always on the first line. Guessing how many times to tap TAB is not ideal nor proficient. Please note also that some items require more than one line of description so I would need a soft return and hard return sort of solution. Example: Description of first item $10.95 Description of second item requiring $127.85 a second or multiple line. Description of third item $0.88 Please note that prices do not line up and are not flush right How might I be able to do this? Please be specific as I am quite green. Perhaps some sort of template which somehow I might be able to designate as the default? Thank you KLB |
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You need to set a right tab stop at the right margin. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/SettingTabs.htm. For your multiple-line items, you need the line to wrap short of the prices, so you need to apply a right indent to the paragraph (so that the tab stop will actually be *outside* the new right margin). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "KLB" wrote in message ... Hi I am using Word (2002) I would like to type a description of an item beginning at the left side of a page and then enter a price for that item but I would like the price to end up being at the right hand side of the page on the same line or rather always on the first line. Guessing how many times to tap TAB is not ideal nor proficient. Please note also that some items require more than one line of description so I would need a soft return and hard return sort of solution. Example: Description of first item $10.95 Description of second item requiring $127.85 a second or multiple line. Description of third item $0.88 Please note that prices do not line up and are not flush right How might I be able to do this? Please be specific as I am quite green. Perhaps some sort of template which somehow I might be able to designate as the default? Thank you KLB |
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Ok I figured out how to flush right the insertion point with my mouse by
sliding my mouse over to the right until the insertion points shows flush right and then double clicking. But I would like to do this with the keyboard and not have to fondle the mouse every time I wish to Flush Right the Price of an item. There seem to be plenty of keyboard shortcuts but I could find on to do this. Does one exist or can one make a custom keyboard short cut to do this. Thank you KLB |
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Thank you Suzanne
Didn't see your reply before I started to answer my own question. Will take a look at what you sent me a little later got to run for an appointment now. KLB |
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This indicates that you have Click and Type enabled. Bad idea! Disable it on
the Edit tab of Tools | Options. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "KLB" wrote in message ... Ok I figured out how to flush right the insertion point with my mouse by sliding my mouse over to the right until the insertion points shows flush right and then double clicking. But I would like to do this with the keyboard and not have to fondle the mouse every time I wish to Flush Right the Price of an item. There seem to be plenty of keyboard shortcuts but I could find on to do this. Does one exist or can one make a custom keyboard short cut to do this. Thank you KLB |
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Ok, thank you
Any particular reason why "click & type" is a bad idea? |
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It's the enemy of elegant formatting. Try it. Double-click anywhere on the
page to type. The mouse pointer shows you whether the resulting paragraph will be left or right-aligned or centered. Then press Ctrl+* or click the Show/Hide ¶ button to display nonprinting characters. You'll see that "behind the curtain," Word has achieved this effect by dumping in a whole bunch of empty paragraphs, tab characters, spaces, etc. It's a quick and dirty approach to typing in a way that is comfortable for users of drawing packages (such as CorelDRAW), which permit you to insert text or graphics anywhere on a page, but it's inimical to the philosophy of word processing software, which is all about continuous text flow. Ideally, to take best advantage of what Word has to offer, you need to learn to use styles to position and format your text. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "KLB" wrote in message ... Ok, thank you Any particular reason why "click & type" is a bad idea? |
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