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Formatting Text on a Label: Justification Issue
Hello all,
I am having trouble figuring out using multiple justifications within a single line of text in Word 2003. My specific problem that I am working on, is that I am using a template: Avery 5199, Which just creates a table/template of horizontal boxes on the page. This template is for the spine labels on VHS tapes. I have 3 fields of data which I would like to enter on each line: a Date (left justified,) a Title (Centered,) and a Time (right justified.) The F1 Help feature mentions a topic "Vary alignment within a single line of text" by getting a justification icon to appear as your mouse cursor, but that does not work within this template I am using. I tried using "Justification" to spread out the 3 items, but that does not work either. Ideally, I would like to set this up so that each time I pull up the document, I can go through and change the dates and times and titles and the justification stays there, because I am making several recordings a day which I need to label. I can use spaces and the "center" justification setting to get vaguely uniform results, but it is very time consuming and the tapes on the shelf next to each other look goofy with the text kind of floating about. There must be a way to standardize the justification among all the labels. I would love to hear any advice on this subject. Thank you. |
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Formatting Text on a Label: Justification Issue
I figured out another way that worked out fine, eventually. I just
chose Table Split Cells and split each line into 3 cells, and I can individually control the justification in each one. Thanks for your response, though! Daiya Mitchell wrote: Hi Jeremy, You need a center tab (in the center), and a right tab at the right margin. Those will align text that is all within the same paragraph. Select All and use Format | Tabs to set the tabs. More information on setting tabs he http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/SettingTabs.htm wrote: Hello all, I am having trouble figuring out using multiple justifications within a single line of text in Word 2003. My specific problem that I am working on, is that I am using a template: Avery 5199, Which just creates a table/template of horizontal boxes on the page. This template is for the spine labels on VHS tapes. I have 3 fields of data which I would like to enter on each line: a Date (left justified,) a Title (Centered,) and a Time (right justified.) The F1 Help feature mentions a topic "Vary alignment within a single line of text" by getting a justification icon to appear as your mouse cursor, but that does not work within this template I am using. I tried using "Justification" to spread out the 3 items, but that does not work either. Ideally, I would like to set this up so that each time I pull up the document, I can go through and change the dates and times and titles and the justification stays there, because I am making several recordings a day which I need to label. I can use spaces and the "center" justification setting to get vaguely uniform results, but it is very time consuming and the tapes on the shelf next to each other look goofy with the text kind of floating about. There must be a way to standardize the justification among all the labels. I would love to hear any advice on this subject. Thank you. |
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Formatting Text on a Label: Justification Issue
Oops. I was going to mention Tables as an alternative method, but
figured since you already had a table (all labels are tables), it wouldn't work. Forgot about split cells. wrote: I figured out another way that worked out fine, eventually. I just chose Table Split Cells and split each line into 3 cells, and I can individually control the justification in each one. Thanks for your response, though! Daiya Mitchell wrote: Hi Jeremy, You need a center tab (in the center), and a right tab at the right margin. Those will align text that is all within the same paragraph. Select All and use Format | Tabs to set the tabs. More information on setting tabs he http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/SettingTabs.htm wrote: Hello all, I am having trouble figuring out using multiple justifications within a single line of text in Word 2003. My specific problem that I am working on, is that I am using a template: Avery 5199, Which just creates a table/template of horizontal boxes on the page. This template is for the spine labels on VHS tapes. I have 3 fields of data which I would like to enter on each line: a Date (left justified,) a Title (Centered,) and a Time (right justified.) The F1 Help feature mentions a topic "Vary alignment within a single line of text" by getting a justification icon to appear as your mouse cursor, but that does not work within this template I am using. I tried using "Justification" to spread out the 3 items, but that does not work either. Ideally, I would like to set this up so that each time I pull up the document, I can go through and change the dates and times and titles and the justification stays there, because I am making several recordings a day which I need to label. I can use spaces and the "center" justification setting to get vaguely uniform results, but it is very time consuming and the tapes on the shelf next to each other look goofy with the text kind of floating about. There must be a way to standardize the justification among all the labels. I would love to hear any advice on this subject. Thank you. |
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