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decimal alignment with following asteriks
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. |
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decimal alignment with following asteriks
You need to insert a decimal tab stop (and leave the paragraph alignment as
Left Aligned). Then, the cursor will be aligned at the tab stop and everything that you type before pressing the period key will move to the left and everything that you type after that key will be added to the right of the decimal point (space permitting in both cases). -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "davitm3" wrote in message ... 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. |
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decimal alignment with following asteriks
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 -- 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. "davitm3" wrote in message ... 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. |
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