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How to create fomat
Hello,
I created a simple 2 column table. In the 1st column are a listing of categories and in the second is the financials for each category. Something like Income $160 832 Expense (39 457) My question how can I align the currency value so that they align right-handed (omitting the parenthesis)? For instance in the example above align it so that the 2 appears directly above the 7. As it stands right now, the 2 aligns with the ), which make it harder to read. Basically the format use when creating any financial statement so that it can easily be reviewed. Thank you for your help, QB |
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Use a decimal tab
"Question Boy" wrote: Hello, I created a simple 2 column table. In the 1st column are a listing of categories and in the second is the financials for each category. Something like Income $160 832 Expense (39 457) My question how can I align the currency value so that they align right-handed (omitting the parenthesis)? For instance in the example above align it so that the 2 appears directly above the 7. As it stands right now, the 2 aligns with the ), which make it harder to read. Basically the format use when creating any financial statement so that it can easily be reviewed. Thank you for your help, QB |
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For instructions, see
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...ettingTabs.htm. The interesting sentence in there is this: "Also, if you set a decimal tab in a table, the cell contents (which must be left-aligned), will jump to that tab automatically: you don't have to enter a tab character." One caveat: if you keep a space in the numbers, the decimal tab will align the numbers preceding the space, not necessarily the numbers in the units position. The rule is that the decimal tab aligns at the last character before any character that isn't "a digit or the character defined as the thousands separator for your Windows locale". In other words, Word sees the space character as signaling the end of the number. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. PJY wrote: Use a decimal tab "Question Boy" wrote: Hello, I created a simple 2 column table. In the 1st column are a listing of categories and in the second is the financials for each category. Something like Income $160 832 Expense (39 457) My question how can I align the currency value so that they align right-handed (omitting the parenthesis)? For instance in the example above align it so that the 2 appears directly above the 7. As it stands right now, the 2 aligns with the ), which make it harder to read. Basically the format use when creating any financial statement so that it can easily be reviewed. Thank you for your help, QB |
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And if a space *is* the thousands separator, then it will fly.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... For instructions, see http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...ettingTabs.htm. The interesting sentence in there is this: "Also, if you set a decimal tab in a table, the cell contents (which must be left-aligned), will jump to that tab automatically: you don't have to enter a tab character." One caveat: if you keep a space in the numbers, the decimal tab will align the numbers preceding the space, not necessarily the numbers in the units position. The rule is that the decimal tab aligns at the last character before any character that isn't "a digit or the character defined as the thousands separator for your Windows locale". In other words, Word sees the space character as signaling the end of the number. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. PJY wrote: Use a decimal tab "Question Boy" wrote: Hello, I created a simple 2 column table. In the 1st column are a listing of categories and in the second is the financials for each category. Something like Income $160 832 Expense (39 457) My question how can I align the currency value so that they align right-handed (omitting the parenthesis)? For instance in the example above align it so that the 2 appears directly above the 7. As it stands right now, the 2 aligns with the ), which make it harder to read. Basically the format use when creating any financial statement so that it can easily be reviewed. Thank you for your help, QB |
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