[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Have you actually tried this? A decimal tab stop aligns numbers on the
decimal point if there is one; otherwise the first nonnumeric character
other than the thousands separator. In the list you give, the numbers would
be correctly aligned on the decimal point. Also note that in a table, a tab
character is not necessary; just left-align the text and insert a decimal
tab stop at the desired position. See
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/NumberAlignment.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"davitm3" wrote in message
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I would like to align decimals in a Word table. Setting the tab stop only
allows you to do this is you have characters that lead, not follow. My
table
looks like this:

5.29***
-.06
7.8**
.02
.18*

I would appreciate any help anyone could offer.

Thank you.