ID: Q71926
The information in this article applies to:
Decimal tab stops do not behave normally in a table.
Situation 1: When you set a single decimal tab in a Word for Windows table
cell, the CTRL+TAB key combination within that cell does not
work in the usual manner as expected. By contrast, when you
set multiple tabs in the cell of which one is a decimal tab,
the decimal tab works as expected when you press CTRL+TAB.
or right alignment, decimal tab settings will not align
properly within a table.
Situation 1: This behavior is by design in Word. When a decimal tab is the
only custom tab setting in a table cell, you do not have to
press CTRL+TAB to go to the tab stop. Word moves automatically
to this tab when you enter the cell if the decimal tab is the
first tab in the cell. On the other hand, if the cell contains
a nondecimal tab before the decimal tab, you must press
CTRL+TAB to go to the decimal tab stop, as usual.
In a table cell that contains a single decimal tab, if you
press CTRL+TAB, the insertion point moves to the next default
tab stop following the decimal tab.
Outside a table cell, decimal tabs behave in the expected,
usual manner.
correctly if the text alignment is set to either left or
justified.
"Microsoft Word User's Guide," version 6.0, pages 133-134
"Microsoft Word for Windows User's Reference," version 1.x, pages 354-357, 361-372
KBCategory: kbusage KBSubcategory: kbtable Additional query words: 1.x 2.0 2.0a 2.0a-CD 2.0b 6.0 word6 winword 6.0a winword2
Keywords : kbtable
Version : 1.x 2.x 6.0 6.0a 6.0c
Platform : WINDOWSLast Reviewed: July 31, 1997