| If you do not set any tabs, a set of default tabs every ½ inch is provided. You can change the default tab width (or remove default tabs) using the Page Layout Panel.
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| The tab markers set the positions that the insertion point advances to when you press the Tab key.
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| To set a leader tab character, click on the desired tab and type a hyphen, underline, or period character. To modify the leader tab, click on the desired tab and press a different leader character. To remove the leader (but keep the tab), press the same character that is already in use, which toggles it off.
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| If you hit the Space Bar while dragging a tab, the tab marker will cycle through the tab types. You can also hit the other mouse button (while the primary one is held down) to cycle through the tabs.
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| You can delete the tab you're dragging by hitting the Backspace or Delete key. You can also delete a tab by dragging it off the left side of the ruler.
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| You can change the type of an existing tab by clicking and holding the mouse on the desired tab, and following any of the procedures described above.
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| Adjust tabs by dragging them along the scale of the ruler. The tab markers adjust the tab stops of the paragraph that contains the insertion point or the current selection.
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| If you hold down the Shift key while dragging, tab markers will snap to the ruler tick marks .
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| You can also use the flush right command (see ) to send the text on a line, after the cursor, to the right margin.
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