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One line of text - two formats?
Hello,
I am looking for the most efficient way to do the following: center one piece of text and right-justify another. Without the creation of a text box or table is there a reasonable way to do this?? ie: my centered text {centered} (1) {right-justified} Similarly, the tables of figures have this type of format only the text is left-justified in the ToFs. Bryan |
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There are two kinds of formatting for text: paragraph formats, which always apply to the entire paragraph. And character formats, which can apply to as little as a single character if desired.
Alignment is a paragraph format. Tables of figures use a right tab stop, probably set very close to the right margin of the section. Set a Center tab stop at the center, and a Right tab stop at the right margin. You will then be able press the tab key and type center-aligned text. Press tab again and then type right-aligned text. Tab stops are a fact about the paragraph, not the doc, so you will either have to select all relevant paragraphs and then set the stops, or set it for the first paragraph and then when you press Enter to create a new paragraph, the tab stops will be inherited. |
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Great! That's helpful. Now what's the best way to do that with a MS Word equation object in 2007/2010? I think it behaves a little differently than "normal" text.
Bryan |
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SO with these tab stops.... are they unique to each section of the document?
I want to ensure that they only affect the one line on that page with my equation, but I'm not experienced with that part of MS Word. Bryan |
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If you don't press the tab key, it won't matter where your tab stops are.
A tab stop is a fact about the paragraph, not the section. Pressing the Enter key creates a new paragraph, but the default behavior is that when you press Enter, this new paragraph inherits some characteristics (including tab stops) from the previous one. But certainly you can set various tab stops for various paragraphs if you want. If you're wanting text (left aligned), and then an equation that is right-aligned, click inside that paragraph and set a custom right-aligned tab at near the right margin is the way to go. Then type the text, press the tab key then insert the equation. If you are trying to split the equation, that is a different story. |
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