Microsoft KB Archive/78369

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Hyphen Interpreted as Decimal Point with WinWord Decimal Tabs
'Article ID: Q78369

Creation Date: 13-NOV-1991

Revision Date: 09-SEP-1996' The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Word for Windows versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.1a, 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c, 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c

SUMMARY

In Microsoft Word for Windows, typing a number with a hyphen at a decimal tab stop causes the hyphen to align where the decimal point normally aligns.

MORE INFORMATION

Setting a decimal tab allows you to align numbers to the decimal tab stop (in other words, it makes the decimal points line up). If there is no decimal point in the number, the number is right-aligned. However, if the number contains a hyphen, the hyphen is interpreted as a decimal point and is aligned as such.

REFERENCES

&quot;Microsoft Word for Windows User's Reference,&quot; version 1.x, pages 57, 354-357

&quot;Microsoft Word for Windows User's Guide,&quot; version 2.0, pages 180, 182-183
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