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Hi,

Is there a way to position a text string in a field at a certain location?
In other words, if i have two strings like "abc" and "xyz" I'd like to position them
in certain positions in the field. The reason for this is because I have category columns in my field and
I need the text to line up perfectly underneath them.

Thank You.

Hi.

The thing to do here is use control characters instead of, what i think you are getting at, some gadgetry to locate the text in space.

Tabs are your friend, especially in a table field. Know that you can hide the lines (hGrid and vGrid) that appear by default in such a control, so that it looks like an ordinary field instead of some sort of spreadsheet.

Once you have played around with that for a while, especially with the tabstops, write back if you need more...

Craig Newman

Thanks, Craig.

Much appreciated.

I'll give the control characters a go.