Align Numbers in a Table with a Decimal Tab in PowerPoint 2007

Sometimes you want to use numbers in a table, but darn! you want to use currency numbers and it takes forever and a day to tab and space in a table in PowerPoint!

Well guess what? Your troubles are over because I am going to tell you how to accomplish this! To align a number to a decimal tab in a table cell, you must insert a tab character before the number in a PowerPoint 2007 table.

Follow the steps below to learn how:

Add a Decimal Tab to a Single Table Cell:

1. In the Navigation pane, click the slide that you would like to edit.
2. If you do not see the Ruler, click to select the Ruler check box in the Show/Hide group on the View tab.
3. Position your cursor in front of the number that you want to align in your table.
4. Click CTRL + Tab to insert a tab character before the number.
5. On the left side of the horizontal ruler, click Left Tab three times to change it to Decimal Tab.
6. On the horizontal ruler, click the location where you want to position the tab.

Add a Decimal Tab to Multiple Table Cells:

To align numbers to a decimal tab in multiple table cells, follow these steps:

1. Select the range of table cells that you want to format.
2. In the Home tab, click the Paragraph Dialog Box Launcher.
3. Click Tabs.
4. In the Tab stop position box, set the value that you want for the tab.
5. Click Decimal under Alignment.
6. Click Set.
7. Click OK twice.

For each cell that contains numbers that you want to align to the decimal tab, follow these steps:

a. Position the cursor in front of the number that you want to align in the table.

b. Click CTRL + TAB to insert a tab character before the number.

That wasn’t so difficult was it?