decimal alignment with following asteriks

[davitm3]

I would like to align decimals in a Word table. Setting the tab stop only
allows you to do this is you have characters that lead, not follow. My table
looks like this:

5.29***
-.06
7.8**
..02
..18*

I would appreciate any help anyone could offer.

Thank you.

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

You need to insert a decimal tab stop (and leave the paragraph alignment as
Left Aligned). Then, the cursor will be aligned at the tab stop and
everything that you type before pressing the period key will move to the
left and everything that you type after that key will be added to the right
of the decimal point (space permitting in both cases).

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Hope this helps.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Have you actually tried this? A decimal tab stop aligns numbers on the
decimal point if there is one; otherwise the first nonnumeric character
other than the thousands separator. In the list you give, the numbers would
be correctly aligned on the decimal point. Also note that in a table, a tab
character is not necessary; just left-align the text and insert a decimal
tab stop at the desired position. See
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/NumberAlignment.htm