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Decimal Tabs Perform Differently in Tables? (Word 2007, PC, XP)
Both inside and outside the table the settings a
Paragraph Settings: Paragraph Indententation Left: 0.25 Tab Settings OUTSIDE the Table: 1.50 Decimal Tab Settings INSIDE the Table inorder to achive the same result as outside the table: .25 Left (matches Paragraph Indentation) 1.50 Decimal In both cases there is some text, a tab, a number with a decimal: TextTab0.9 I'm expecting the same behavior both inside and outside the table, that is: Text aligns with Paragraph Indentation (0.25) Number with Decimal aligns on the Decimal Tab (1.5) Inside the Table, if I remove the .25 Left Tab Setting from the Paragraph (so that it matches the Paragraph setting outside the table) the right end of the Text then aligns with the Decimal Tab (1.5), restoring the .25 Left Tab restores the Text alignment to the Paragraph Indentation (.25). Outside the table, the .25 Left Tab Setting is NOT REQUIRED in order to maintain the Text alignment with the Paragraph Indentation. Word 2007 PC XP |
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Decimal Tabs Perform Differently in Tables? (Word 2007, PC, XP)
As you've seen, decimal tab stops do behave differently inside tables. If
you have *only* a decimal tab stop, then no tab character is required. Left-aligned text will automatically align at the tab stop without a tab character. If you introduce any other tab stops in the paragraph, then you have to use tab characters for both tab stops. It would appear that this peculiarity also applies to left indents. There's probably some sort of logic here. When you insert a decimal tab stop in a table cell, Word assumes that you want all the text aligned with that tab stop, so it doesn't make you use a tab character. But if you complicate the issue by introducing other tab stops (or indents) then Word needs more explicit instruction. I can see that it would need a tab character between left-aligned text (at the indent) and the decimal aligned text; I'm not sure why it would need a tab stop to reinforce that indent, but it demonstrably does, so I guess you just have to accept this as one of Word's little mysteries. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Samuel Sunsmith" wrote in message ... Both inside and outside the table the settings a Paragraph Settings: Paragraph Indententation Left: 0.25 Tab Settings OUTSIDE the Table: 1.50 Decimal Tab Settings INSIDE the Table inorder to achive the same result as outside the table: .25 Left (matches Paragraph Indentation) 1.50 Decimal In both cases there is some text, a tab, a number with a decimal: TextTab0.9 I'm expecting the same behavior both inside and outside the table, that is: Text aligns with Paragraph Indentation (0.25) Number with Decimal aligns on the Decimal Tab (1.5) Inside the Table, if I remove the .25 Left Tab Setting from the Paragraph (so that it matches the Paragraph setting outside the table) the right end of the Text then aligns with the Decimal Tab (1.5), restoring the .25 Left Tab restores the Text alignment to the Paragraph Indentation (.25). Outside the table, the .25 Left Tab Setting is NOT REQUIRED in order to maintain the Text alignment with the Paragraph Indentation. Word 2007 PC XP |
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Decimal Tabs Perform Differently in Tables? (Word 2007, PC, XP
Thanks Suzanne!
I was thinking that was the situation, one of the little joys of Word! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: As you've seen, decimal tab stops do behave differently inside tables. If you have *only* a decimal tab stop, then no tab character is required. Left-aligned text will automatically align at the tab stop without a tab character. If you introduce any other tab stops in the paragraph, then you have to use tab characters for both tab stops. It would appear that this peculiarity also applies to left indents. There's probably some sort of logic here. When you insert a decimal tab stop in a table cell, Word assumes that you want all the text aligned with that tab stop, so it doesn't make you use a tab character. But if you complicate the issue by introducing other tab stops (or indents) then Word needs more explicit instruction. I can see that it would need a tab character between left-aligned text (at the indent) and the decimal aligned text; I'm not sure why it would need a tab stop to reinforce that indent, but it demonstrably does, so I guess you just have to accept this as one of Word's little mysteries. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Samuel Sunsmith" wrote in message ... Both inside and outside the table the settings a Paragraph Settings: Paragraph Indententation Left: 0.25 Tab Settings OUTSIDE the Table: 1.50 Decimal Tab Settings INSIDE the Table inorder to achive the same result as outside the table: .25 Left (matches Paragraph Indentation) 1.50 Decimal In both cases there is some text, a tab, a number with a decimal: TextTab0.9 I'm expecting the same behavior both inside and outside the table, that is: Text aligns with Paragraph Indentation (0.25) Number with Decimal aligns on the Decimal Tab (1.5) Inside the Table, if I remove the .25 Left Tab Setting from the Paragraph (so that it matches the Paragraph setting outside the table) the right end of the Text then aligns with the Decimal Tab (1.5), restoring the .25 Left Tab restores the Text alignment to the Paragraph Indentation (.25). Outside the table, the .25 Left Tab Setting is NOT REQUIRED in order to maintain the Text alignment with the Paragraph Indentation. Word 2007 PC XP |
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