I use Microsoft Word from Office XP. I would like to know how I can left-align and right-align separate pieces of text in the same sentence; for instance, in a resume. I would like to apply this formatting to existing documents as well.
Jason Dubz
That’s easily done. Select Tabs from the Format menu and click the Clear All button. In the Tab stop position box at top, enter the width (in inches) of the editable area of your document. You can get that value by looking at the right-hand end of the ruler above the document. Check the Right option and click OK. Now type some text, press the Tab key, and type some more text. The text before the tab is left-aligned; the text after the tab is right-aligned. Easy! If you want to end the right/left alignment after you’ve typed some lines, open the Tabs dialog again and click Clear All.
The drill is almost the same when you apply this effect to existing text. First, highlight the lines you’re going to change. Use Find/Replace to replace any tabs (represented by ^t) with spaces. Then proceed to set the right-side tab as above. Finally, insert a tab character at the desired location in each line.
Source: Solutions from PC Magazine: Left- and Right-Align on One Line