I enter financial numbers in a column that are right justified. When I have
a negitive number (a number with (brackets) around it) I need for it to
allow the bracket on the right side of the number to penetrate the right
justification by one space so the actual numbers/digits will line up it the
column with the positive numbers. Any thoughts?

Thanks...Craig

Create the numbers part of your work in Excel, using the "Accounting"
format, which does what you describe. You can then paste it into Word, with
or without a link.

"Craig" wrote in message
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I enter financial numbers in a column that are right justified. When I have
a negitive number (a number with (brackets) around it) I need for it to
allow the bracket on the right side of the number to penetrate the right
justification by one space so the actual numbers/digits will line up it the
column with the positive numbers. Any thoughts?

Thanks...Craig

Use a decimal tab stop; see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/SettingTabs.htm. This aligns numbers on
the first non-numeric character (aside from the thousands separator)
following the numbers, which can be a closing parenthesis, an asterisk, etc.

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"Craig" wrote in message
. ..
I enter financial numbers in a column that are right justified. When I
have
a negitive number (a number with (brackets) around it) I need for it to
allow the bracket on the right side of the number to penetrate the right
justification by one space so the actual numbers/digits will line up it
the
column with the positive numbers. Any thoughts?

Thanks...Craig