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Problem: Cell alignment in a table

Anonymous
2012-10-05T15:28:32+00:00

I am having a puzzling problem in a table.  Using Cell Alignment I want to line up a line of text and a few lines on the right margin.  Bt no matter what I do the text and numbers below do not align on the right.  Instead I get something like this, where the last digit is under the second-last letter (it may not be so obvious with proportional spacing on this website):

   Page

2255

2751

If I change the cell alignment to align left everything lines up correctly on the left cell margin.  The cell margins are the same for all the cells in this column.  So is the font.  What’s wrong?

Added: I get a similar problem with Cell Alignmnet-Center: The text does not center exactly over the text.

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-10-08T01:20:50+00:00

    I assume you are using a table in Word, not Excel.  First make sure the margins of your cells are all the same.  Click on or select a cell with which you are having trouble.  Then find the tab at the top called Table Tools -- Layout.  Then click on Table Properties.  On the Table Tab, click on Options.  You will see the default cell margins (which you can change if you want to).  Then find and click on the Cell Tab.  Click on Options.  The box that says, "Same as the whole table" should be clicked.  If it is not, then see if the left and right margins for the cell are the same as they were on the Options for the whole table that you looked at before.  You may have a right cell margin that is larger (that is, indented more fromt he right-hand order of a cell) than the rest of the table.  (It would only be that way if you set it that way.)  Another thing, as Ms. Barnhill suggests, is to look in the Paragraph group (on the Home Tab) and make sure there is no Right Indent or Mirror Indents set.  Clear those if any were set.  A third thing you could do is to highlight (by clicking and holding down the left click button) all the cells you are concerned about, and clicking once on the Right Justification button ("Align Text Right") in the Paragraph group (on the Home Tab).  This way you will be sure that all the cells are Right Justified.  Finally, one more solution is to put the text (such as Page) in its own row at the top of the table or actually anywhere within the table and put the numbers in a separate row, or rows, below that row.  If you don't want to see the line, you can go to the Table Design tab and get rid of (or just lighten) the line.  When the numbers are kept separate from the text, you can set alignment (Left, Center, or Right) (or even left or right indentation) differently for the text and for the numbers.  I hope one or more of these will help you.

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  2. Suzanne S Barnhill 277.1K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2012-10-05T20:53:30+00:00

    Make sure none of the text has a right indent.

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-10-05T17:24:24+00:00

    Spaces were the first thing I looked for.  I always want the paragraph marks and the like to show up.  I have no idea how to use a "file share site" as you suggest.

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-10-05T16:06:22+00:00

    is it possible you have spaces after the numbers?

    Use the <CTL><SHF><F8> shortcut toggle or In the Home tab > Paragraph group. Click on the Show/Hide (¶) button to reveal the end of paragraph marks (¶) and nonprinting and normally not visible formatting markers / non printing / non-printing

    If that doesn't help, the only other thing I can think of is for you to post an example on a file share site an let us look at it directly.

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  5. Anonymous
    2012-10-05T20:06:15+00:00

    It's simple enough. Here are some "how to" instructions:

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