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kalos:
hello

I wrote this line in MS Word: "one two"

now, I want the "one" to appear in the left margin of the page (left align) and the "two" to appear in the right margin of the page (right align)

how do I do this?

thanks

Renegade:
hello

I wrote this line in MS Word: "one two"

now, I want the "one" to appear in the left margin of the page (left align) and the "two" to appear in the right margin of the page (right align)

how do I do this?

thanks
-kalos (May 05, 2011, 06:19 PM)
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Use a table. In the left cell, left align, and in the right cell, right align.

It's messy, but it works and it's easy.

Alignment is a block level operation.

kalos:
I thought it can be done this way, with columns as well

but I wanted a more easy and straight way

Renegade:
Columns work, but then the text is:

one
two

Either way, it's a messy proposition in Word. Word just isn't meant for layout.

Another way is to use text boxes... Yuck.

AndyM:
Put a left tab stop in the ruler at the top, all the way to the left.
Put a right tab stop all the way to the right.

Put an actual tab character before the "one" and another before the "two".

The first will align the "one" to the left and the second will align the "two" to the right.



(second image shows formatting marks)

If you are doing multiple lines, when you hit the Return key to start a new line (paragraph), the tab stops will be created in the subsequent line (paragraph).

This is one way to do columns in Word, handy for short ones.

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