OT: Left and Right justify in MS Word
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Sorry for the OT, but someone here will know how to do this: In MS Word (XP), I'm trying to create a list with a job function on the left and a person's name on the right. I want dots (.....) between the two pieces of information. The job function should be left justified, and the person should be right justified. Something like this:
Celebrant......Fredrick Groom...............Joe Bride..............Janeetc. Anyone know how to do that?! Thanks, ~Steve- Click on the the little square between the top and left rulers until it shows a bottom-left corner. Image[^] 2) click on the top ruler where you want the text to be right-justified. 3)type in the text that should be left-justified. 4)type a tab. 5) type the text that you want to be right-justified. 6)select the tab. 7) Go Format | Tabs. 8) select leader #2. Image[^] Result[^] :) Hope this helps. I do alot of desktop publishing, so I know Word & Publisher really well. PS: I was going to show the images directly, but the loophole I used to use was removed. Too bad. I understand why though.
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- Click on the the little square between the top and left rulers until it shows a bottom-left corner. Image[^] 2) click on the top ruler where you want the text to be right-justified. 3)type in the text that should be left-justified. 4)type a tab. 5) type the text that you want to be right-justified. 6)select the tab. 7) Go Format | Tabs. 8) select leader #2. Image[^] Result[^] :) Hope this helps. I do alot of desktop publishing, so I know Word & Publisher really well. PS: I was going to show the images directly, but the loophole I used to use was removed. Too bad. I understand why though.
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." - Jesus
"An eye for an eye only makes the whole world blind." - Mahatma GandhiThat's farkin' brilliant! Where were you when I was writing my senior project? :-D
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- Click on the the little square between the top and left rulers until it shows a bottom-left corner. Image[^] 2) click on the top ruler where you want the text to be right-justified. 3)type in the text that should be left-justified. 4)type a tab. 5) type the text that you want to be right-justified. 6)select the tab. 7) Go Format | Tabs. 8) select leader #2. Image[^] Result[^] :) Hope this helps. I do alot of desktop publishing, so I know Word & Publisher really well. PS: I was going to show the images directly, but the loophole I used to use was removed. Too bad. I understand why though.
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." - Jesus
"An eye for an eye only makes the whole world blind." - Mahatma GandhiGood idea, one problem with that though is that the text on the right is not actually right-justified, but offset by a very large tab. If you have several lines of text and the text on the right of each line has differing numbers of characters, then you won't get right justified text. You could insert a table with two columns, remove the border and left-justify the left-most column and right-justify the right-most column. But I'm sure there most be an easier way?
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Good idea, one problem with that though is that the text on the right is not actually right-justified, but offset by a very large tab. If you have several lines of text and the text on the right of each line has differing numbers of characters, then you won't get right justified text. You could insert a table with two columns, remove the border and left-justify the left-most column and right-justify the right-most column. But I'm sure there most be an easier way?
BogMan wrote: I'm sure there most be an easier way? There is, but you have to run CP/M and Borland's 'Sprint' product. It did everything 'Word' does for $49, and came with an actual manual.
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Good idea, one problem with that though is that the text on the right is not actually right-justified, but offset by a very large tab. If you have several lines of text and the text on the right of each line has differing numbers of characters, then you won't get right justified text. You could insert a table with two columns, remove the border and left-justify the left-most column and right-justify the right-most column. But I'm sure there most be an easier way?
BogMan wrote: If you have several lines of text and the text on the right of each line has differing numbers of characters, then you won't get right justified text. Actually, you will, beacause the tab in the center shrinks/grows to keep the text to the right of the center tab aligned precisely to the right-justified tab, and the text to the left of the tab is aligned with the left margin. It's always worked for me, and I often use it for tables-of-contents in Publisher.
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." - Jesus
"An eye for an eye only makes the whole world blind." - Mahatma Gandhi -
BogMan wrote: If you have several lines of text and the text on the right of each line has differing numbers of characters, then you won't get right justified text. Actually, you will, beacause the tab in the center shrinks/grows to keep the text to the right of the center tab aligned precisely to the right-justified tab, and the text to the left of the tab is aligned with the left margin. It's always worked for me, and I often use it for tables-of-contents in Publisher.
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." - Jesus
"An eye for an eye only makes the whole world blind." - Mahatma Gandhijdunlap wrote: Actually, you will, beacause the tab in the center shrinks/grows to keep the text to the right of the center tab aligned precisely to the right-justified tab, and the text to the left of the tab is aligned with the left margin. It's always worked for me, and I often use it for tables-of-contents in Publisher. Just tried it again and you're right! Damn it!! I had the right tab set as a left aligned tab. Is there any way to ensure that when you drag the right tab across you get it spot on the right edge of the text area of the page - it seems to want to snap to the actual ruler increments. Although I can get around it by taking the width of the page and substracting the left and right margins and entering that value into the Set Tab dialog box.
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jdunlap wrote: Actually, you will, beacause the tab in the center shrinks/grows to keep the text to the right of the center tab aligned precisely to the right-justified tab, and the text to the left of the tab is aligned with the left margin. It's always worked for me, and I often use it for tables-of-contents in Publisher. Just tried it again and you're right! Damn it!! I had the right tab set as a left aligned tab. Is there any way to ensure that when you drag the right tab across you get it spot on the right edge of the text area of the page - it seems to want to snap to the actual ruler increments. Although I can get around it by taking the width of the page and substracting the left and right margins and entering that value into the Set Tab dialog box.
BogMan wrote: Is there any way to ensure that when you drag the right tab across you get it spot on the right edge of the text area of the page - it seems to want to snap to the actual ruler increments. The way you mentioned above is good, but the way I do it is to just drag the tabstop to the margin marker at the right side of the page (where the dark area ends).
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." - Jesus
"An eye for an eye only makes the whole world blind." - Mahatma Gandhi -
- Click on the the little square between the top and left rulers until it shows a bottom-left corner. Image[^] 2) click on the top ruler where you want the text to be right-justified. 3)type in the text that should be left-justified. 4)type a tab. 5) type the text that you want to be right-justified. 6)select the tab. 7) Go Format | Tabs. 8) select leader #2. Image[^] Result[^] :) Hope this helps. I do alot of desktop publishing, so I know Word & Publisher really well. PS: I was going to show the images directly, but the loophole I used to use was removed. Too bad. I understand why though.
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." - Jesus
"An eye for an eye only makes the whole world blind." - Mahatma GandhiIn step 1, I think you meant to say a "bottom-right corner" Steve
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In step 1, I think you meant to say a "bottom-right corner" Steve
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- Click on the the little square between the top and left rulers until it shows a bottom-left corner. Image[^] 2) click on the top ruler where you want the text to be right-justified. 3)type in the text that should be left-justified. 4)type a tab. 5) type the text that you want to be right-justified. 6)select the tab. 7) Go Format | Tabs. 8) select leader #2. Image[^] Result[^] :) Hope this helps. I do alot of desktop publishing, so I know Word & Publisher really well. PS: I was going to show the images directly, but the loophole I used to use was removed. Too bad. I understand why though.
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." - Jesus
"An eye for an eye only makes the whole world blind." - Mahatma GandhiPERFECT!! Thanks a bunch!! (sorry it took so long to reply... got tied up away from the computer for a couple days) ~Steve
