Not quite true. When a decimal tab stop is set in a table, the column
aligns on the tab stop without the need for a tab character. Text aligns
on the decimal point or, failing that, on the first non-numeric character
in the cell EXCEPT for the thousands separator. In much of the world,
where a period is used for the decimal point and the comma as the
thousands separator, the text will align on the period, but if the comma
is used as the decimal point and the period as the thousands separator, it
is just the opposite. For more, see
http://WordFAQs.mvps.org/NumberAlignment.htm (Word 2003 and earlier)
http://WordFAQs.mvps.org/NumberAlignment2007.htm (Word 2007 and above)
"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
Actually, any non-numeric character should "respond" to the decimal tab,
so
I doubt that regional settings are the issue here.
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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP
"Tom Gumpel" wrote in message
I may have figured it out, after obsessing on it. I am in Europe and
found that on my laptop (set up for the US), everything was OK. However,
on my office computer (set up for Finnish Swedish),the decimal point was
set as a "," -- I changed the setting in the control panel and it seems
to be OK.
Makes sense.
Hi,
I am trying to decimal align in a table, where many numbers do not
have a leading 0 (i.e., .25, .50) and they need to be aligned with
larger numbers such as 1.25, 2.50, etc.
The numbers are not aligning, but will if I add a leading 0 (which I
cannot do for stylistic reasons).
no problem here. Did you set a decimal tabstop position within the
column?
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Cheers
Lisa [MS MVP Word]
