>>In MS-Word: press Ctrl-Shift-F8. Now, use the arrow keys to draw your rectangle. Unlike the solution by Gunnar Phillipp, which requires more manual work, this works even in older versions of Word.
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>oh shucks - you had to find an easier way - did you <vbg>
Hehe. Well, I knew this shortcut for years, but it isn't actually something I often use. With the modern features available, text is usually alligned with the use of tables, and not with Tabs, or (worse yet) with a lot of spaces.
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