Character alignment

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#1

I am trying to use Numbers within a script to print characters of a name into preprinted boxes on a preprinted form. All the characters align centrally within each box apart from the letter ‘I’ which always appears left justified. Is there a way to centrally align characters within a text box, have looked at the Numbers dictionary but cannot find a reference. Any guidance gratefully received!

set textItem to make new text item with properties {object text:item 1 of theChars, position:{81, 565}}
tell textItem to tell its object text to set properties to {font:Eurostile, size:12}|

Tahoe 26.3.1 Numbers 14.5 Xcode 26.3

#2

I see no method other than CLICK at LOCATION that would allow you to set the alignment of text box contents. Instead, Select your text box. Choose ( From the Window’s GUI ) [ Format / Text / (center alignment icon ) ]Then SELECT ( from the Menu Bar ) [ Format / Advanced / Set as default Text Box Appearance ]

This will center align all your future text box contents until you change the [ Set as default Text Box Appearance ] option. This works here on Sequoia 15.5 (24F74)

tell application "Numbers"
	tell document 1
		tell sheet 1
			set theChars to "Index"
			set textItem to make new text item with properties {object text:item 1 of theChars, position:{81, 565}, height:60, width:100}
			tell textItem to tell its object text to set properties to {font:"Lucida Grande", size:12}
		end tell
	end tell
end tell
#3

Thanks for your reply, I will start experimenting!

#4

I have just discovered monospaced fonts which means that all characters take the same space, I thought all fonts were proportional so problem now solved.
Thanks to everyone who took the time to read my post.