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InDesign decimal tabs are driving me crazy (i.e. «Help!»)

alexfjelldal

Hi
Sorry to bother you with yet another InDesign problem.

When I put a decimal tab in a line, the line breaks too early. Problem is, when i move the dec.tab rightwards, the line breaks long (that means 3-4 millimeters before the '0' meets the text box "wall". take a look at the picture below.

all margins and paddings etc are set to zero.

Does anyon know how to solve this without changing the width of the text box, and preferrably without using tables?

best,

alex

I just played with it a bit, and it seems, that if you change the paragraph flush right, it should work. Strange, isn't it?

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