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Default How do I control space before and after hyphen in Word?

I am having difficulty with hyphens in the colun of a table. I am using
hyphens between numbers. The hyphen seems to be closer to the number on the
left than the number on the right. The column is center-aligned. I have
enclosed an example. The hyphen between 15 and 6 below is acceptable, the
others are not. The hyphen is closer to the 8 than the 1 in 12, 6 than the 1
in ten and 0 in 10 than the 1 in 15

15-6
8-12
6-10
10-15


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Rather than using centered text, add a decimal tab stop to the
relevant table cells.

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"BARTMAN1955" wrote in message
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I am having difficulty with hyphens in the colun of a table. I am

using
hyphens between numbers. The hyphen seems to be closer to the

number on the
left than the number on the right. The column is center-aligned. I

have
enclosed an example. The hyphen between 15 and 6 below is

acceptable, the
others are not. The hyphen is closer to the 8 than the 1 in 12, 6

than the 1
in ten and 0 in 10 than the 1 in 15

15-6
8-12
6-10
10-15





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Default How do I control space before and after hyphen in Word?

Keep in mind that digits are fixed-width, even in proportional fonts. Thus,
if you have 9-1, the 1 takes up just as much horizontal space as 9, meaning
there is more white space around it.
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Ted

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