Question

I am trying to align numbers in a column in a table in word. However, when I try to left align them, negative numbers (and numbers with a < sign) are aligned differently than positive numbers. E.g.

-1.234
1.234
<0.001

I would like to have them aligned like this:

-1.234
 1.234
<0.001

Spaces or tabs havent helped.

Answer 1

Use Decimal Tab to align your numbers.

Just click on Top Rular to add a tab and double click on it. It will prompt Tabs Dialog box, select Decimal from Alignment section.