Trying to resolve the problem over the phone was proving fruitless - the things
that could have gone wrong! For example, someone could have inadvertently setting
a left or right indent on the cell, or pressed [CTRL+TAB] when they didn't need
to. Trying to describe the intricacies of what to look out for and where was
getting us nowhere. So the client emailed the table, and then all was revealed!
Setting decimal tabs in table cells, as many of you may know, gives you automatic decimal alignment. By clicking on the affected cells on the affected cells we discovered that somewhere along the line, right alignment had been used in addition and this caused the entry to behave oddly. Choosing left alignment corrected the problem. However, it was a salutary lesson that you need to have eyes everywhere - don't forget to check the settings on the formatting toolbar, the ruler and have your non-printing symbols on.
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