setting up a columnar operation

Question

Hello,

I would like to create a math sheet for a second-grade student. I am using Word 2010 and I would like to set up column operations...

I looked in the equation editor embedded in Word, but it does not allow for creating simple additions or subtractions in columns...

The problem is aligning all the numbers and making the horizontal line.

Could you please help me?

Thank you in advance,

Have a good evening!

Coralie

Configuration: Windows 7 / Firefox 4.0.1

m@rina · Accepted Answer

Hello

Excel is undoubtedly better suited for this kind of exercise.

However, with Word, the simplest way is to use tables.

Example for adding 3 numbers:
You create a table with one column and four rows without borders.
You add a border just between the 3rd and 4th rows, which will serve as the horizontal line.
You select the entire column (and only the column), and you set a decimal tab stop
and then all you have to do is... enter the numbers

m@rina

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m@rina · Answer

For the decimal tab stop:

You, therefore, select the column of the table (I’ll specify again: do not select anything else, just the column)

At the very left of the ruler, there is a small square where you see a small symbol representing the type of tab stop.
You click in it until you get the decimal tab stop: it looks like an upside-down T with a small dot.
Then you place the tab stop by clicking on the ruler where the comma should be located.

Automatically, the numbers will align with this comma.

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ccm81 · Answer

good evening

there is another solution, to use a non-proportional font like "Courier New" where all characters take up the same space, allowing you to align the numbers vertically
for the horizontal line, if the "-" or "_" do not work for you, there is a longer line in the symbol font that you can define with a keyboard shortcut

have a good continuation

ccm81 · Answer

re  good evening m@rina a non-proportional font does solve the issue of the space taken up by the comma and the space used to align numbers of the same order.  ,

coralie74 · Answer

Thank you both for your responses. I will try M@rina's method tomorrow, which I started earlier, and if I don't succeed, I will go for the second solution! ^^  Have a good evening!

Raymond PENTIER · Answer

A third solution: insert an Excel table. -- Retirement is great! Especially in the Caribbean... :-) &#9787; Raymond &#9794;

Setting up a columnar operation

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