Leader dots

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Is there any to put leader dots in fields (between the text and the end
of the field; useful where gridlines are not shown)? Thanks.
 
You could use a custom format:

*.General

The asterisk says to repeat the next character (I chose dot) as many times as to
fill the cell. Then I used General, but you could use any format you wanted.
 
Thanks. I want, however, the leader dots to follow text and run over to
the column where the numbers are. I can see that reversing the
instruction to General*. will make the leader dots follow rather than
precede, but this does not appear to work with text. Also, if possible,
the leader dots should use the more conventional dot-space-dot-space
format. Appreciate your help.
 
Does this help?

Custom format:
;;;@*
After the asterick, enter a <Space>,
THEN, hold down <Alt>, and enter
0149
Using the numbers from the num keypad, *not* the numbers under the function
keys.
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HTH,

RD
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Please keep all correspondence within the Group, so all may benefit!
==============================================

Thanks. I want, however, the leader dots to follow text and run over to
the column where the numbers are. I can see that reversing the
instruction to General*. will make the leader dots follow rather than
precede, but this does not appear to work with text. Also, if possible,
the leader dots should use the more conventional dot-space-dot-space
format. Appreciate your help.
 
Sorry,
Enter a <Space> *BEFORE* the asterisk !
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Regards,

RD
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Please keep all correspondence within the Group, so all may benefit!
-------------------------------------------------------------------

Does this help?

Custom format:
;;;@*
After the asterick, enter a <Space>,
THEN, hold down <Alt>, and enter
0149
Using the numbers from the num keypad, *not* the numbers under the function
keys.
--

HTH,

RD
==============================================
Please keep all correspondence within the Group, so all may benefit!
==============================================

Thanks. I want, however, the leader dots to follow text and run over to
the column where the numbers are. I can see that reversing the
instruction to General*. will make the leader dots follow rather than
precede, but this does not appear to work with text. Also, if possible,
the leader dots should use the more conventional dot-space-dot-space
format. Appreciate your help.
 
Thanks all. Works fine. I should have messed with this app a long time
ago.
FYI either the group or my provider was down until now.
Also this message might not position itself correctly -- I am using
TBird and it's not doing well yet in handling strings.
 
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