Hi Beth-

You're definitely using the right feature, and the Help info simply defines
the increment as "1 character". Based on proportional fonts and the variation
in character width from one font to another, that is not very much info to go
on.

This has been a source of frustration for me too. It basically amounts to
guesswork although it is at least consistant for each cell regardless of font
or font size.

Hopefully one of the gurus will address this issue and let us know what MS
considers to be "1 character" in terms of fractions of an inch, points, or
something more finite. |:)

"Beth" wrote:

We work with standards that have been set for the company. One is that when
creating tables, the indentation of sub-categories of a table must be 5
spaces. The indent option (under Format/Alignment), when set to five, seems
to actually indent 15 spaces. I'm looking for a way to create a template that
we can use as a basis for all tables, is there a way to set the indent option
so that using it actually indents five spaces (as in five space bar spaces)?
Thanks in advance.