Table Field Formatting

Sarah Reichelt sarahr at genesearch.com.au
Fri Sep 3 02:04:18 EDT 2004


>> You can't format the cells of a table individually. An entire field 
>> can be set using the Text menu, and individual sections can be set as 
>> well, but right or center alignment of data in the cells of a table 
>> is not directly possible.
>>
>> The method I use is to set the field to a monospaced font and use the 
>> format function to make my numeric data right-aligned.
> Didn't get it , what is monospaced font ?
> Hershel
>>

A monospaced font is one where every character is exactly the same 
width e.g Courier.
Most fonts are proportional so that "i" takes up a lot less space than 
"m"

Cheers,
Sarah



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