Unit 10. More on word processing
Topic B: Tab stops
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– a location where the cursor (insertion point) would stop when the Tab key is pressed.
Types of Tab Stops
- Left Tab – text is aligned to the left of the tab stop.
- Center Tab – text is centered in the middle of the tab stop.
- Right Tab – text is aligned to the right of the tab stop.
- Decimal Tab – numbers are aligned by their decimal points.
- Bar
Tab – inserts a vertical line (bar) into a line of text.
– a small button located in the left corner of the horizontal ruler that supplies the user with a variety of tab marker (tab stop) options (left, right, center, etc.).
Insert a tab stop
Method 1
- Select the paragraphs / sentences you wish to set tab.
- Click the Tab Selector until it displays the type of tab stop you wish to use.
- Click on the lower edge of the horizontal ruler at the exact spot where you wish the tab to set. (If you don’t see the ruler at the top of the Word window, click View, then Ruler to display it.)
- Click to place the insertion point in front of the text where you wish to insert the tab.
- Press the Tab key on the keyboard.
Method 2
- Select the paragraphs / sentences you wish to set
tab.
- Click the Paragraph dialog box launcher and select the Tabs.
- In the “Tab stop position” box, enter the measurement (such as 4”) on the horizontal ruler where you wish the tab to appear.
- Under “Alignment”, select a tab stop type (such as Left, Center, Right, Decimal, etc.).
- Click OK.
Remove Tab Stops
Method 1
- Select the paragraphs you wish to remove the tab.
- Drag the tab stop marker off the horizontal ruler.
Method 2
- Select the paragraphs / sentences you wish to remove the tab.
- Click the Paragraph dialog box launcher.
- Click to select the Tabs.
- Click Clear All.
- Click
Ok.
Deleting All Microsoft Word Tab Stops
By Allen Wyatt for Word.Tips.Net
Joan is looking for the quickest way to delete all of the tab stops in a Word document. She
wonders, specifically, if there is a keyboard shortcut that will do it.
There is no keyboard shortcut to remove tab stops—you must use the Tabs dialog box to accomplish the task. While you can use the keyboard to call up the Tabs dialog box and make selections within it, doing so doesn’t technically count as a “keyboard shortcut.” Here is the quickest way to delete all tab stops:
1. Press Ctrl+A. This action selects the entire current document.
2.
Display the Home tab of the ribbon.
3. Click the small icon at the bottom-right of the Paragraph group. Word displays the Paragraph dialog box.
4. Click the Tabs button at the bottom-left of the dialog box. Word displays the Tabs dialog box. (See Figure 1.)
5.
Click the Clear All button.
6. Click OK.
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