Set Tabs from the Tab Dialog Box

You want to create a tab that is 1 inch from the left margin. You click:

  • Format
  • Tabs
  • Type ‘1’ in the Tab stop position box
  • Click OK

Instead of clicking on several menus to set a tab, create the tab on the ruler! It’s going to be there anyway, right? Make it easy for yourself.

Set Tabs from the Ruler

Click the mouse on the number 1 displayed on the ruler. You will see a little character that looks like the letter L. (Drum roll) That’s it.

Now what if you want to move the tab stop from 1 inch to 2 inches? (Drum roll again)

Put the mouse over the tab symbol on the ruler, press down on the left mouse button, and without releasing the button, move the mouse to the number 2, then release the mouse button.

Now, let’s live on the edge and delete the tab. Put the mouse over the tab symbol, hold the mouse button down and ‘drag’ the tab symbol down and off the ruler. Release the mouse button. (Drum roll and cymbal crash).

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