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How do I set a tab stop for colons ":" ?
How do I set a tab stop for colons ":" such that the text is aligned
vertically on the colon charater? example Name: Phone: Fax: |
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Dan wrote:
How do I set a tab stop for colons ":" such that the text is aligned vertically on the colon charater? example Name: Phone: Fax: Word has a decimal tab, but that works only for a period, not a colon. (See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/SettingTabs.htm.) Instead, set up your tab stops this way (preferably in a style): Insert a right-aligned tab at the location for the colon, and a left-aligned tab slightly to the right where you want the next text to start. On each line, starting from the left margin, type a tab, the label and colon, another tab, and the remaining text, like tabName:tabGeorge Washington Another alternative is to use a (possibly borderless) table with two columns; set the first column's paragraph alignment to Right and set its width as desired. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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Dan,
Set a right aligning tab in the ruler. Click on the little icon on the left of the ruler, on every click another kind of tab will appear, if you have the right aligning tab, click in the ruler where you want to position the tab. In your document hit the tab key and type. Luc "Dan" schreef in bericht ... How do I set a tab stop for colons ":" such that the text is aligned vertically on the colon charater? example Name: Phone: Fax: |
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Jay - Thank you for the Help!
"Jay Freedman" wrote: Dan wrote: How do I set a tab stop for colons ":" such that the text is aligned vertically on the colon charater? example Name: Phone: Fax: Word has a decimal tab, but that works only for a period, not a colon. (See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/SettingTabs.htm.) Instead, set up your tab stops this way (preferably in a style): Insert a right-aligned tab at the location for the colon, and a left-aligned tab slightly to the right where you want the next text to start. On each line, starting from the left margin, type a tab, the label and colon, another tab, and the remaining text, like tabName:tabGeorge Washington Another alternative is to use a (possibly borderless) table with two columns; set the first column's paragraph alignment to Right and set its width as desired. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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FWIW, in such situations I often omit the colon--add a little more space
between the Name, Phone, Fax, etc., stubs and their values, maybe boldface the descriptions, etc. -- 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. "Dan" wrote in message ... Jay - Thank you for the Help! "Jay Freedman" wrote: Dan wrote: How do I set a tab stop for colons ":" such that the text is aligned vertically on the colon charater? example Name: Phone: Fax: Word has a decimal tab, but that works only for a period, not a colon. (See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/SettingTabs.htm.) Instead, set up your tab stops this way (preferably in a style): Insert a right-aligned tab at the location for the colon, and a left-aligned tab slightly to the right where you want the next text to start. On each line, starting from the left margin, type a tab, the label and colon, another tab, and the remaining text, like tabName:tabGeorge Washington Another alternative is to use a (possibly borderless) table with two columns; set the first column's paragraph alignment to Right and set its width as desired. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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How do I set a tab stop for colons ":" ?
Do you think Word will ever add this as a feature, i.e. like in the "convert
text to table" dialog box, "separate text at" and let the user define the desired character? This would be a very useful feature for bilingual texts involving different decimal characters. thanks, Jay Sezner "Jay Freedman" wrote: Dan wrote: How do I set a tab stop for colons ":" such that the text is aligned vertically on the colon charater? example Name: Phone: Fax: Word has a decimal tab, but that works only for a period, not a colon. (See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/SettingTabs.htm.) Instead, set up your tab stops this way (preferably in a style): Insert a right-aligned tab at the location for the colon, and a left-aligned tab slightly to the right where you want the next text to start. On each line, starting from the left margin, type a tab, the label and colon, another tab, and the remaining text, like tabName:tabGeorge Washington Another alternative is to use a (possibly borderless) table with two columns; set the first column's paragraph alignment to Right and set its width as desired. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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