Justifying negitive numbers in a column

[Craig]

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

 

[Richard O. Neville]

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.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

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.