Questions tagged [alignment]
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How to get text in table of contents aligned after numbers?
Is it possible to get a table of contents in Microsoft Word with an alignment like this picture? If so, how?
(In the picture the alignment is not perfect because I did it by hand, inserting spaces ...
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How to align images in Word?
I can't seem to be able to adequately align images in Word (tried 2007 and 2013).
I added the images and made all of them be arranged in Wrap Text as In Front of Text.
Selected all of them and tried ...
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Align header with cells whose text is oriented at an angle
Is there a smart way to align horizontal-text "header" cells with other cells below whose text is oriented at an angle?
This is what I tried. Obviously this looks awful. The "Benefits" and "Caution" ...
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Prevent thin spaces to widen when paragraph is justified in Microsoft Word
How can I prevent thin spaces' widening when included in a justified paragraph in Microsoft Word? This is important to me because I must use thin spaces to separate thousands, following the standards ...
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How to copy [just] the alignment and the indentation?
If i have many paragraphs and i want to (Format paint) just the alignment and the indentation of the first paraghragh to the others without other styles like the font and colors how to do that ?
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How can I justify plain text in Linux?
I'm composing a plain text (.txt) document that has left-and-right justified paragraphs. I manually add spaces, breaking words with hyphens if necessary, until the lines are uniform length. To use an ...
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How to mix left-align with bold/italics/underline in GraphViz/dot/xdot
I'd like to do UML class diagrams with GraphViz and dot/xdot.
There are 2 main layout options which can be mixed, but not in a single element (line).
I would like to make the names of classes and ...
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Canon misalignment - possible to fix?
My Canon Pixma MG5450 printer was terribly clogged and misaligned - I did a couple of deep cleaning and lots and lots of manual printhead alignment. It has improved but still a long way until it's ...
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Create an always-centered tab in MS Word
In Word, I have a document whose header should have an item of text left-aligned, and then separate text that is center-aligned on the same line.
So far, to achieve this I have created a center tab at ...
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Right align part of prompt
I am sure that I have seen someone have a part of their prompt aligned to the right in their terminal window and then have the actual cursor start on a second line. I know that I can achieve the ...
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Is it possible to enable the green center-line alignment guides in Microsoft Word on MacOS?
In Word for windows it is possible to get this nice green line showing when something is centered:
This setting is controlled by the option "Use alignment guides" as shown here:
However, ...
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Partitioning in Linux with Parted
I’m trying to create a new partition in Linux with Parted. I start Parted as below (at root).
parted -a optimal /dev/sda
Below is the current partition table.
Number Start End Size Type ...
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Align equation to bracket in Microsoft Word
I need to align the second equation to the left, do you have any advice on how to do it?
Already tried through the align left(Alt+L), and inserting ”&” before the second equation.
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How to align a long title in a table of content so that it won't be over page numbers
I'm trying to change the alignment of the TOC of this document in order to make a long title, which occupies more than one line, to break to the next line before they are vertically aligned to the ...
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Word Doc Text alignment
In a Word doc I am trying to aline both sides of the page to the sides (the left text to the left side and the right text to the right side. The text is separated on each line as it is a contents list ...
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How can we center align a window to the right or left of the screen in Windows 10?
I found these scripts from Anaksunaman that center and move windows around on the screen.
Centering Windows - StackExchange
Any help on how to center a window the the far left or right of the screen?
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Some printed text and lines are sharp, some are misaligned - not fixed by manual print head alignment (Canon)
Here's a sample image of a printout of a spreadsheet from my Canon Pixma MG7150 printer:
Some lines of text are acceptable (e.g., Chalkhill Blue, Purple Emperor) whereas other lines are completely ...
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Aligning numbers in Table of Contents in Microsoft Word
I am trying to create a table of contents page for my thesis. However, when am specifying my page numbers, am not able to set them in a straight line at all, compared to the previous entry. I have ...
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MS word table of contents description is not lining up
I have a report where the description for one part of the table of contents does not line up correctly. See attached image:
"f. Tensile Strength" is shifted left from all the other ...
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Windows 10: Menu Alignment
In recent Windows 10 versions, "Tablet PC Settings" -> Left/Right Handed ( Run -> shell:::{80F3F1D5-FECA-45F3-BC32-752C152E456E} ) seems to affect only the context-menu.
How can I ...
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How to align the cursor under a specific character?
Sometimes when coding in vim I'd like to start a new line and align the cursor under a specific character. For example:
(,) <$> foo
^ -- I want to align here to continue typing like:
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TOC with different page alignment for same style in MS Word
I have added a TOC to my document automatically based on the styles across the document. Strangely some page number alignment is different for the same style (screenshot below). I have tried changing ...
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How do I rotate certain pages of a PDF to a particular direction?
I have a PDF file of 400 pages made up of scanned pages. But, the orientation of the PDF file is such that half of the pages are rotated to the right, while half of them are rotated to the left. I ...
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How to align test answer choices so as to preserve space (not all vertical)?
Does anyone know how to align the choices like that?
I only can do it one under the other but I would like to utilize the space better as the image above. I also don't want to press space until the ...
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Word tables. text skewed between cells in the row
The image below demonstrates the issue. (using Word from 'Microsoft office 365 Apps' product is up to date at the time of post)
The gap is due to special characters and an equation input. It's most ...
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Word365 Align equations to equal sign
Trying to align the equation (see photos below) to the equal signs. Not having any luck and it seems all the advice on the web relates to older version of word. Tried align equations but they're still ...
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How can I get Skype to show all chat messages on the left?
I have a problem with the horizontal alignment of chat bubbles in Skype. I am using Skype on various computers. So far all Skype installations have shown messages aligned to the left (chat partners ...
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Excel: Align by decimal point in cells with stars
In Excel 2011 for Mac, I have the following column of numbers:
0.139**
-0.131**
-0.135*
-0.053
0.139**
0.112*
0.183***
Some items are negative, and some have stars.
My goal is to have the column ...
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How to proper align table of contents in Word 2013?
I'm struggling with following problem: I have generated table of contents and one of the item has quite long title as seen on the screenshot below.
And because of that long title the page number goes ...
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How to remove gaps from a block of text in MS Word
I copied some text from the internet and when pasted it into the Word file then it produced gaps among many words. I tried "Justify" option, it removes the gaps but it then breaks the block ...
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Aligning partitions to 4k boundaries results in 512b free space at beginning of drive
I'm partitioning a disk for FreeBSD installation.
I create my partitions/slices:
gpart create -s mbr ada0
gpart add -t freebsd -s 1G ada0
gpart add -t freebsd ada0
gpart create -s bsd ada0s1
Now I ...
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How to align taskbar icons to the left
Using Windows 10.
I have read that this is on by default but for some reason, it doesn't work for me. The problem is that when i open a new app (one that isn't pinned), its icon appears on the taskbar ...
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How to add a tab stop in Word with a center and right alignment?
Specifically, I am trying to use two alignments in a single line in MS Word for purposes of displaying equations (centered) with their equation number (right-aligned). For example:
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Selecting which object to align to in Powerpoint 2007
When doing an alignment in Powerpoint 2007 (say, Align Center), is there any way to select which object will be aligned to? It seems to pick one of the objects, but I'm not sure how it decides which ...
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How to center-align 2 objects in Tinkercad without moving one of them?
How can I align one object to the center of another - without moving that second one?
When I select 2 objects in any order and then align them via the center button, it moves BOTH objects.
I want ...
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Using Word on Windows 10, unable to format highlighted text, keeps changing the whole document
When I try to change the alignment of individual paragraphs, its changes the whole document.
For example, I would like the title to be aligned to the right. Highlighting the text and clicking right ...
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How to 4k align hard drive with pre-existing partitions - Linux, Windows partitions
I have a 1TB WD hard drive with Windows 10 and Devuan Linux Beowulf. I had partitioned with gparted IIRC prior to installation of both OS's. How to veerify if it is 4k aligned? If it's not so, how to ...
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Align rows from different columns (which contain some cells that have identical values) using simple formula in Excel
I have 2 tables in Excel and I am trying (via Excel formula) to match/align some rows (ones that contain identical letters for the sake of the example included below). Btw, I don't mind aligning Table ...
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Align text boxes in Adobe Acrobat Pro XI
I have a PDF with a table on contents where each line is it's own text box object. I want to align these objects with each other but I can't find a way to do this. There is no "align" command and I ...
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Unable to Align Layers in Photoshop Properly with CS2
Cannot Align Semi-Transparent Items?
Windows Vista, Photoshop CS2.
Steps to repeat:
Create new document
Fill a circle on a new layer
Drop opacity of filled circle to 10%
Create new empty layer below ...
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Incorrect alignment in table of content for a specific heading in MS Word
I'm working on a right-to-left document in Word 2010 that uses numbered headings. There are three different customized headings. When generating the table of contents, I notice that alignment of the ...
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Align mx3520 under linux
The Printer Properties window only had "Print Test Page" under the "Tests and Maintenance" heading (I'm using the CUPS driver). How do I get to the manual alignment page?
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Trouble figuring out optimal alignment of multiple partitions on a 931.5 GiB external Advanced Format HDD while in Linux
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I have a Dell Inspiron 17-5767 laptop with a 1TB internal disk I've allowed the originally shipped Windows 10 to continue to have and dominate all to itself (it's my gaming OS). Additionally ...
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Align 4 sets of side-by-side barplots in powerpoint so that bars are perfectly aligned in every way
I'm not asking for the align feature because it's not perfect enough, but I'm wondering whether there's a automated way to align 4 sets of side-by-side barplots in powerpoint without clicking and ...
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Inconsistent spacing in table of content headings
I've got a document I'm working on in Word 2010 that uses numbered headings. When generating the table of contents, I notice that the spacing between the heading numbers and the heading text is ...
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How to increase multiple cell height by percentage in Microsoft Excel
I have a table with different vertical heights like 20, 30 and 40. The heights are arranged by autofit.
The problem is that the cells are very close to each other.
I want to give a space at the top ...
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storage device alignment -- calculate the alignment of subsequent partitions of an optimal aligned 32MiB
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I am trying to understand how to calculate the alignment of subsequent partitions of an optimal aligned 32MiB (65535 sector) rather the usual 1MiB (2048 sector).
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How to align the columns of ls command output in Xubuntu 16.04.6?
I have this function in .bashrc :
{ ls -lhNGhgF --color=always --group-directories-first --time-style="+%d-%b-%Y $newline%H:%M" | awk '
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$3 ="\033[1;31m" $3 "\033[0m"...
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Wrap tab-right-aligned text on the right margin in Microsoft Word
I want text with a dot leader and right align tab to wrap on the right margin. Word will wrap a long line to the left, like this:
You Are the New Day, We Are the New Day......John David,
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How do I maintain alignment in Ms-Word?
Question: Is there any way to maintain the intact aligment of the words wriitten in a "Ms-Word file"(when copied to other computers) without converting them into pdf ?
My problem: In exams, we are to ...
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