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How do I center two columns of type along a middle line in Word?
I want this result:
President Jane Ellen Doe Vice President Joseph Roberto Roe Secretary Mary Schmo Communications Joyce Ann Low Please help. |
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Define the center point of the line. Then set a right-aligned tab stop an
appropriate distance to the left of that point and a right-aligned tab stop the same distance to the right. For example, if you're using the default Normal.dot page, with 1.25" left and right margins, your document body width (text line length) is 6", so the center point is at 3". To allow half an inch between the columns of text, set a right tab stop at 2.75" and a left tab stop at 3.25". Then press Tab once, type "President," Tab again, type "Jane Ellen Doe," press Enter, and repeat. Sometimes if the text to the right of center is much longer than that on the left, you may want to define the "center" point to the left of absolute center to make the page look more balanced. In cases where the text on the right might run over to a second line (for example, if you're listing all the directors), set the hanging indent even with the left tab stop. You can either let lines wrap naturally or use line breaks (Shift+Enter) to break the text as desired. I use this type of formatting a lot for the Production portion of theater programs, and this is the way I always do it. You could equally well use a two-column (borderless) table with right- and left-aligned cells, but that's really overkill for this type of thing. -- 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. "Big D Little T" Big D Little wrote in message ... I want this result: President Jane Ellen Doe Vice President Joseph Roberto Roe Secretary Mary Schmo Communications Joyce Ann Low Please help. |
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