[Lin Daws]

What do I need to do to get a list of numbers to print out straight. They
are typed straight on my Word document. Ex. 1250.00
309.21

prints out 1250.00
309.21

[G.L.]

where are your numbers ex. in a table cell, in a plain document?
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"Lin Daws" wrote:

What do I need to do to get a list of numbers to print out straight. They
are typed straight on my Word document. Ex. 1250.00
309.21

prints out 1250.00
309.21

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You need to align your numbers using a right-aligned or decimal tab. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/SettingTabs.htm

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"Lin Daws" wrote in message
...
What do I need to do to get a list of numbers to print out straight. They
are typed straight on my Word document. Ex. 1250.00
309.21

prints out 1250.00
309.21

[CyberTaz]

.... and if you're doing a list of numbers with the same number of digits
after the decimal point I would hightly recommend the Decimal Tab rather
than Flush Right - otherwise you may get a 'snaking' effect with the decimal
points that rips out a reader's eyeballs :-)

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Regards |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
You need to align your numbers using a right-aligned or decimal tab. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/SettingTabs.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Lin Daws" wrote in message
...
What do I need to do to get a list of numbers to print out straight.
They
are typed straight on my Word document. Ex. 1250.00
309.21

prints out 1250.00
309.21

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If the numbers have the *same* number of digits after the decimal point,
either a right-aligned or a decimal tab stop will work; it's when the number
is different that a decimal tab is required.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"CyberTaz" typegeneraltaz1ATcomcastdotnet wrote in message
...
... and if you're doing a list of numbers with the same number of digits
after the decimal point I would hightly recommend the Decimal Tab rather
than Flush Right - otherwise you may get a 'snaking' effect with the
decimal
points that rips out a reader's eyeballs :-)

--
Regards |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
You need to align your numbers using a right-aligned or decimal tab. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/SettingTabs.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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newsgroup
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"Lin Daws" wrote in message
...
What do I need to do to get a list of numbers to print out straight.
They
are typed straight on my Word document. Ex. 1250.00
309.21

prints out 1250.00
309.21

[Robert M. Franz (RMF)]

Hi all

Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
If the numbers have the *same* number of digits after the decimal point,
either a right-aligned or a decimal tab stop will work; it's when the number
is different that a decimal tab is required.

I almost have no hairs left to split, but a right-aligned tab will only
work if the used font is fixed-width or when its digits are fixed-width.

Professional typographers use different digits of the same fonts in
normal text and, say, in a table (exactly that the numbers allign
properly, i.e. 1111.4 will take the same amount of space as 6970.2).

Greetinx
Robert
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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

In my experience, the figures in common fonts are fixed-width. This might
not be true of nonlining figures, but in fonts that have lining figures, I
have never found any that are not designed to be of equal width, precisely
for use in tables.

0123456789
1234567890
2345678901
3456789012
etc.

I think you will find these numbers line up in any font in which you care to
view this message.

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Robert M. Franz (RMF)" wrote in message
...
Hi all

Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
If the numbers have the *same* number of digits after the decimal point,
either a right-aligned or a decimal tab stop will work; it's when the
number
is different that a decimal tab is required.

I almost have no hairs left to split, but a right-aligned tab will only
work if the used font is fixed-width or when its digits are fixed-width.

Professional typographers use different digits of the same fonts in
normal text and, say, in a table (exactly that the numbers allign
properly, i.e. 1111.4 will take the same amount of space as 6970.2).

Greetinx
Robert
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