In Word 2000, how do you do this????

Question

Basically, i need to do the following WITHOUT using a table:

(The "____" denotes a space)

2006-_____Mr Smith
2007 _____Blacksons Ltd
_________Birmingham

Thing is, whenever i play around with the tabs, it ends up looking a complete mess because to get the date (2007) underneath one another, i have to press return.

So when i type out the "Mr Smith..." line and hit return, i begin to write imbetween the date, so it ends up looking like this:

2006-______Mr Smith
Blacksons Ltd
Birmingham
2007

The date must be as shown above, it cannot be on the same line. And the text (Mr Smith) must begin on the same line as the "2006".

So how can i do it? I know you can do it with a table, but i dont want to use one.

Any ideas?? Or is this a classic example of word being its usual clumsy self???

Answer 1

You set TABS, so that after 2006 you hit and it goes to where you want Mr Smith

when you hit return to go to the next line, you will have to hit again to get where you want under Mr Smith.

To set a tab just click on the ruler at the top of the page.

Answer 2

You might try something as simple as using Alt-Enter instead of enter until you're ready to enter the next date.

so
2006- Mr.Smith
2007- Blacksons Ltd
Birmingham

Answer 3

It's a question of persevering with accurate tab setting. 'Course, another way is to do it in Excel & import it into your document, without gridlines. It's what I do sometimes for accurate alignment.

Answer 4

After reading all that, I need to lie down in a darkened room!!!