Office 2021: Why is the space between the number and the text in the heading inconsistent in the Tab

		Microsoft Office Forums > Microsoft Word > Word
Office 2021: Why is the space between the number and the text in the heading inconsistent in the Tab

FAQ

Thread Tools

Display Modes

04-18-2025, 02:18 PM

macropod

Windows 10 Office 2021: Why is the space between the number and the text in the heading inconsistent in the Tab

Office 2016

Administrator

Join Date: Dec 2010

Location: Canberra, Australia

Posts: 22,527

Quote:

Originally Posted by Charles Kenyon

And, it does not even necessarily take more digits. Sometimes even fatter digits. In many fonts some digits use more space.

I think you'll find that, unless perhaps you're using some fancy font, numeric characters all take up the same space. Numbers are effectively fixed-width characters.

__________________
Cheers,
Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Office 2021: The page number of a heading in the table of contents (TOC) appears directly next to it	Jamal NUMAN	Word	27	09-15-2024 12:01 PM
Office 2021: How do I control the space between the heading text and its number?	Jamal NUMAN	Word	8	09-05-2024 04:05 PM
Inconsistent setting of space before heading	ricecrispies	Word	8	07-16-2020 11:12 AM
How to add space between heading number and heading text	Dr Wu	Word	4	07-15-2018 03:52 AM
Control the size of space between heading number and heading text	Dr Wu	Word	1	07-17-2013 12:24 PM