Add asterisk to a number in a Word table cell

[Mark Tangard]

I must be missing something really simple....

Is there a way to append an asterisk (or dagger, or similar tack-on symbol)
to a right-justified number in a Word table cell *without* it misaligning
the number relative to the others in that column? What I'd like to produce
is a few very small tables with the following appearance, but in a standard
proportional font -- i.e., no spacebar-fudging allowed. (You must view this
in a fixed-pitch font to see what I mean, however.)

First quarter 18,400* <---asterisk hangs off right edge of column
Second quarter 20,500 (doesn't move the number to the left)
Third quarter 22,100
Fourth quarter 23,200

I know that this would theoretically push the symbol into the cell's internal
margin. If that's an absolute no-no, is there some semi-simple workaround?
(And by that I mean I'm hoping for something more direct than [1] embedding
from Excel, or [2] adding a slim borderless marginless column to the right
of the one with the numbers in it, just to hold the symbol.)

Thanks for any clues.

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[Doug Robbins]

Hi Mark,

If you use a decimal aligned tab key in the cells, any text and numbers will
be right aligned on the tab, but the asterisk will not.
With a decimal aligned tab in a cell, it is not necessary to your Ctrl+Tab
to activate the tab setting. Nor is it necessary to have the alignment in
the cell right-justified.

Hope this helps
Regards,
Doug Robbins - Word MVP

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

To add to what Doug said, when you add a decimal tab stop to a table cell,
the text automatically jumps to the tab stop without the necessity for
entering a tab character AND the text MUST be left-aligned for this to work
properly. If it's right-aligned or centered, it will not work.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft Word MVP
Words into Type
Fairhope, AL USA

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[Mark Tangard]

Thanks Doug, and also Suzanne -- I was just now puzzling over behavior
clarified by what you added. One related question: I notice I can't
seem to set decimal tabs for just *part* of a table (which is treated
as a paragraph), but I can kill them off one by one if needed. Is this
by design, or is there another way to set tabs in some-but-not-all cells?

Mark

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You can set a decimal tab for selected cells in a single column, I think,
though I usually just select the whole column, set the tab, and then go back
and delete it for the heading and any other cells where it is not needed.
You can't, however, set them for cells in more than one column at a time
because of the way Word displays the ruler in table columns (any more than
you could simultaneously set multiple tabs in a regular text paragraph).

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft Word MVP
Words into Type
Fairhope, AL USA

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[Peter Boulding]

On Tue, 27 Jul 1999 19:58:14 -0500, "Suzanne S. Barnhill"
<sbar...@zebra.net> wrote:

>You can set a decimal tab for selected cells in a single column, I think,
>though I usually just select the whole column, set the tab, and then go back
>and delete it for the heading and any other cells where it is not needed.
>You can't, however, set them for cells in more than one column at a time
>because of the way Word displays the ruler in table columns (any more than
>you could simultaneously set multiple tabs in a regular text paragraph).

Try selecting the relevant cells and using Format -> Tabs...

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

That would assume that your columns were all equal widths. With columns of
differing widths, the tabs will have to be in different places. I do
sometimes use Format | Tabs (for which I have added a toolbar button since
Word 97 removed the double-click functionality) to fine-tune the position
when necessary.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft Word MVP
Words into Type
Fairhope, AL USA

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