Susan, Amazing as it sounds, you do it just as you do the decimal tabs in regular text. With your cursor in the first cell to be aligned, add a decimal tab using the ruler. Then, use the format painter to paint the format onto the other cells to be aligned. As you apply the formatting change to each cell, the decimal alignment will change to incorporate the number in the new cell. (To set the decimal tab: Make sure the ruler is visible (View--> Ruler). At the far left of the ruler is an indicator of which tab you want. Click that indicator until it shows the tab indicator that is an inverted T with dot to the left of the crossbeam. Click in the ruler where you want the alignment to be. Your cell should re-align.) Does that do it for you? Kathryn Jacobs, Microsoft MVP PowerPoint and OneNote Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint - Available now from Holy Macro! Books Get PowerPoint answers at http://www.powerpointanswers.com I believe life is meant to be lived. But: if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Susan Odom Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 1:37 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] decimal align in word 2003 Hello How can I decimal align a column of numbers in a word table. Using word 2003. Thanks Susan Odom ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************