Hey Anne!
thanks a lot for taking the time to figure that out.  I got as far as setting 
the position of the tab stop but couldn't do the alignment part.
I have emailed apple accessibility as well to tell them that this really would 
be a good thing to fix.
Thanks again,
Jim

On Apr 10, 2014, at 3:47 PM, Anne Robertson <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello again,
> 
> One correction, I should have said 6.5 inches not 4.5. It's getting to my 
> bedtime and I'm not thinking straight!
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Anne
> 
> 
> On 10 Apr 2014, at 22:43, Anne Robertson <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Hello Jim,
>> 
>> This was a hard nut to crack but here's how to sort out the alignment.
>> 
>> * Type the text you want to have at the left then jump to the Formatter.
>> * Select layout and interact with the scroll area.
>> * Go down to Tab stops and expand it with VO-Space.
>> * Click the Add tab stop button and interact with the table.
>> * Bring the mouse to the field showing the position of the tab stop and 
>> Double-click using VO-Shift-Space.
>> * Type in either 16 for centimeters or 4.5 for inches.
>> * Interact with the field that says Alignment Left and bring the mouse.
>> * Turn on Mouse keys.
>> * Move the mouse right by pressing the letter o on a laptop or the 6 key on 
>> an extended keyboard 52 times then click with the letter i or the 5.
>> * Move the mouse down the way with either k or 2 until you hear Right then 
>> click with i or 5.
>> * You should now turn Mouse keys off again.
>> Back in your document, navigate to the end of your line and press the Tab 
>> key.
>> * You can now enter the second part of your line and the new text will be 
>> right aligned.
>> 
>> It took my husband and me over an hour to figure this one out and I need to 
>> report it to Apple.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
> 
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