Restaurant Menu

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bjimer - 08 Mar 2005 03:11 GMT

I am doing a restaurant menu and am having trouble with the dots lining up.
I am using the decimal tab for the prices on the right side and have
repeating periods running between the food item on the left side and the
prices. Example:

Apple Pie Slice.................... 5.95
Cherry Pie Slice................... 5.95
Whold Pie........................... 10.95

In the example above, I am not concerned about the prices not being lined up
because I am using the decimal tab in my document and the prices are ok. The
problem I have is the same as above. Where the period ends just before the
price, they are not aligned vertically. Nothing I do seems to work to get
them to align. HELP.

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Jezebel - 08 Mar 2005 06:23 GMT

Don't type the dots by hand. Specify dot leaders when you set the tab
positions.

>I am doing a restaurant menu and am having trouble with the dots lining up.
> I am using the decimal tab for the prices on the right side and have
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> price, they are not aligned vertically. Nothing I do seems to work to get
> them to align. HELP.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill - 08 Mar 2005 14:14 GMT

And if you want it to look neat, set a separate tab stop for the leaders,
far enough to the left of the prices to comfortably clear the longest one.

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> Don't type the dots by hand. Specify dot leaders when you set the tab
> positions.
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> > price, they are not aligned vertically. Nothing I do seems to work to get
> > them to align. HELP.

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