Create tabs


   Choose Text from the main menu.  Choose Format from the Text menu.  Choose Tabs & Indents... from the Text menu to display the Tabs Panel.   Click in the lower part of the ruler in the Tabs to create a left tab in the current paragraph.  Drag the tab to change its position.    While dragging, type a modifier key to change the tab's type.


Tab type Modifier Key
- left tab l
- center tab c
- right tab r
- decimal tab d
- leader - (hyphen) _ (underline) . (period)
- default tab


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.
The tab markers set the positions that the insertion point advances to when you press the Tab key.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
If you hold down the Shift key while dragging, tab markers will snap to the ruler tick marks .
You can also use the flush right command (see ) to send the text on a line, after the cursor, to the right margin.


See also

Set indentation & tabs
Set decimal alignment character
Edit style tagged paragraph
Set default tab width