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Splitting alignment on the same line in Word
Thank you both for replying. I just figured out a workaround, at 5:45 am, that actually is effective and time efficient. Each line that I am needing to split the alignment on is separated by one or more paragraphs, which was making the issue even more tricky.
What I ended up doing was highlighting the line that I wanted to have split alignment, went to Insert > Table > Insert Table. Since I already had the to sections split by a single tab, this created a 2 cell table. I then, under Table Design, chose No Borders, moved over to Table Layout > Cell Margins and reduced both the left and right margins to 0". This left me with the line I was editing looking like a normal line, not a table. Lastly, I chose the second cell and, under Home, clicked Align Right.
Having close to 100 lines to do like this, it was getting annoying doing this for every single line individually, so I figured out how to record a Macro, problem solved. Thank you for the help!
For future reference:
First: setting up the required tab
Is this the look you want words on left, a space and words extending from right margin?
When you know how, it is trivial to setup. When it is set, you just use one tab character to space the lines, Word will handle the alignment.
#1 click on the Paragraph dialog launcher
#2 click on the tabs button in bottom right of the paragraph dialog
#3 the end result will be the right align tab shown at #3
#4 enter a value for the "right align" tab, I used 6.94
#5 click on "right align"
#5a (no number on picture) click on Set button to save this tab
This setting is saved in the current line paragraph mark. If you want to reuse it in the future, save it as a Style.
To use it, type the first words, <TAB> second set of words. That is it.
Second: setting up your table.
You could convert all of your lines to a table at once.
Select all of the lines
Click on Insert tab > Tables group > Tables drop down > Convert text to table
At bottom of dialog, click on Separate at tabs. This will reset number of columns to 2
Click on OK to create the table.
After that you could do the same formatting, turning off border display etc.
Hi marcodel
Great to hear you have a solution that works for you. At the end of the day that's the most important thing!
Best wishes for the future.
Cheers
Damien
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