Section Four: Tabular

Tab Settings

Tabs occur naturally on your page every half-inch (1.3 cm).

To see where the tab settings are on the ruler, click View on the Menu bar and then Ruler. You can also click the Show/Hide button on the toolbar to see tab stops in your work.

You can insert a tab stop either before or after you type a paragraph.

Types of Tab Settings

Left ~ align from left.

Right ~ align from right.

Centre ~ paragraph centres on tab stop.

Decimal ~ use for numbers with decimals, centres decimal on tab stop.

Example:

Insert Your Own Tab Stops
To Insert Your Own Tab Stops:

Method one:

• Click on the ruler where you want to insert the tab stop, and then tab forward on each sentence. Remember, this will create left tab stops only.

Method two:

• Highlight the paragraph.
• Double click on the ruler to open the Tabs dialogue box.
• Type your tab stop position into the Tab stop position box.

• Choose the tab stop alignment setting you desire.

• Select the leader setting you desire.

• Click The Set button.

• Repeat the last 4 steps for all the tab stops you want to set.
• Click the OK button.

Method three:

• Highlight the paragraph.
• Click on Format and then on Tabs.
• Type your tab stop position into the Tab stop position box.

• Choose the tab stop alignment setting you desire.

• Select the leader setting you desire.

• Click The Set button.

• Repeat the last 4 steps for all the tab stops you want to set.
• Click the OK button.

Method four:

• Highlight the paragraph, and then click on the ruler where you want the tab stop to be.

Move or Remove a Tab Setting

To Move or Remove a Tab Setting, You Either:

1. Use the mouse to move (drag) the tab marker to a different place on the ruler, or drag the tab marker off the ruler to remove the tab completely.
   Or
2. You can bring up the Tab dialogue box, and change or delete the tab.