Word Perfect 'dot leaders - what is this in Office?

[Guest]

How to compile lists 'the easy way': for example
Item
1.......................................................................................... price
Item
2......................................................................................full price
Item
3...............................................................................discount price
- without having to hold down the dot key, and having to align the
words/numbers at the right hand end?
I think Word Perfect called this 'dot leaders'
Elspeth

 

[Stephen Lebans]

See:
http://www.lebans.com/leaderdots.htm
LeaderDots.zip is a database containing functions to allow a user to fill in
the space between 2 controls with leading dots.

NEW - Feb. 15/2000 Ver 2.0. You can now use the Alignment property for both
the Left and Right Columns. Fix formatting Bug on long lines.

New Jan. 02/2001 A "real" Phone Book Report based on a modified version of
LeaderDots. Created by Chad Edie. Really Sharp! TelephonePhoneBook.zip

Version 1.0 includes 2 functions. One for Single output lines and one for
Multiple output lines

Produce leading dots between 2 strings.
Like you see on Menu's etc. For example:
Hamburger..........$3.99
HotDog...............$2.99
The Singleline version supports Left, Right
and Center Alignments for the
Left Column. The MultiLine version only supports Left Alignment.
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HTH
Stephen Lebans
http://www.lebans.com
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[Guest]

OK so it is possible. Now please tell me what command to use!
Elspeth

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

You may be talking at cross-purposes here.

Stephen has pointed you to a complete code sample for how to achieve leader
dots in Access, the database product that's part of Office Professional,
because this newsgroup is for questions about Access.

If you're asking about how to do it in Word, you'd be best off asking in a
newsgroup related to Word.

 

[Bernard Peek]

How to compile lists 'the easy way': for example
Item
1.......................................................................................... price
Item
2......................................................................................full price
Item
3...............................................................................discount price
- without having to hold down the dot key, and having to align the
words/numbers at the right hand end?
I think Word Perfect called this 'dot leaders'
Elspeth

In Word 2000, which is what I have to hane...

Click on the tab bar to create a new tab at the end of the line.
Double-click on it to get to its properties. Make it a right tab, and choose
what sort of leader you want to use.

 

[Joseph Meehan]

How to compile lists 'the easy way': for example
Item
1..........................................................................................
price Item
2......................................................................................full
price Item
3...............................................................................discount
price - without having to hold down the dot key, and having to align
the
words/numbers at the right hand end?
I think Word Perfect called this 'dot leaders'
Elspeth

In MS Word, the word processing program in Office, I believe it is
called a leader tab.

Sorry. This is a newsgroup dedicated to questions about Access, the
database program in Office Professional. It appears your question may not
be related to these subjects. The Microsoft help system is not all that
clear and may have misdirected you here.

It is best to ask your questions in a newsgroup dedicated to the
subject of your question. You should find people better able to address
your problem there.
http://tc2.atspace.com/0013-HowToSearch.htm#FindNewsgroup may help.


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