From: Jhr JMAH van Vredenburch <janvredenburch@xxxxxxxx>
To: davidpilling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 07 May 2008 23:13:59 +0200
In message <Marcel-1.53-0507202821-0b0ZSTv@xxxxxxxxxx>
Anthony Hilton <ajh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In <URL:news:local.opro> on Wed 07 May, P C Newble wrote:
>> In article <4820DA8F.9080007@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>> Peter Prewett <pprewett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> How can I get Ovation to centre on the = in the following:-
>>> 1 ton = 1.02 tonne
>>> 1 foot = 0.305 metre
>>> 1 yd = 0.91 metre
>>> 1 mile = 1.61 km
>>> 1 chain = 20.1 metre
>>
>> Create a decimal tab with = in the box next to that option
>> (instead of the usual decimal point).
> I like that idea, so tried it. It doesn't quite work here in OPro 2.77 (17
> Feb 2008) on RISC OS. I find the alignment to be the first non-numeric
> character, or perhaps it is the space. Removing the leading 1 from each line
> and the following list does align the =
You probably have kerning turned on. The vertical positioning can only
be precise if you use tabs. So in your case you need 3 tabs: right,
centre and left:
...........R.......C.......L..................
<tab> text <tab> = <tab> more-text (ignore the spaces and full
stops, added for clarity)
Then both following examples centre on the = sign, depending of
course on how you set up the tab stops.
> ton = 1.02 tonne
> foot = 0.305 metre
> yd = 0.91 metre
> mile = 1.61 km
> chain = 20.1 metre
> With the same tab stop set as above and various leading numerals the
> alignment is:
> 123 ton = 1.02 tonne
> 112345 foot = 0.305 metre
> 1 yd = 0.91 metre
> mile = 1.61 km
> chain = 20.1 metre
> Anthony
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Greetings,
JohnvV
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