Set the Tab stop position and set the Alignment.Open the Tabs dialog box (as described on the start of this tutorial).You can apply a leader to any tab stop in Word except the bar tab: Bar Tab A vertical bar appears in line with the tab stop.Decimal Tab If the text after the tab is a number with a decimal point, the decimal point will be lined up.Right Tab The text will line up to the right of the tab stop.Center Tab The text will center under the tab stop.Left Tab Aligns text to the left of the tab stop.Clear All button Pressing this button removes all the tab stops settings.īy default, tabs alignment is set to left-align, but you can choose different tab types from the ruler bar (or from the Tabs dialog box) to align the tabbed text.Clear button Select a Tab setting from the Tab stop position list and press this button to remove it from the list.Set button Press this button to add a Tab setting in the Tab stop position list.The Tabs dialog box conains three contiguous buttons:.We’ll discuss Leader Tabs in detail later in this tutorial. Leader Sometimes you need to fill a tab space with dots (or something else), Word offers three styles to separate the tab stops: dot, dash, and underline.We’ll discuss Tabs Alignment in detail later in this tutorial. The default alignment of tabs is set to left align. Alignment Microsoft Word has five types of tab alignments to align text.The default tab stops don’t appear on the ruler. For example, to set default tab stops for selected paragraphs to 0.75-inch intervals, type 0.75 in the box and then click the OK button. You can change the default tab stop spacing for the selected paragraphs.
Default tab stops By default, the tab stop position is set to jump at 0.5-inch.Set the tab stops position by creating the wider or smaller gaps between tabs. Tab stop position On the ruler bar, you can set the distance between tabs.Understanding Tabs Dialog Box Tabs dialog box Clicking the Clear All button will remove all the tab stops. To remove a tab, select the tab in the Tab Stop Position list and click the Clear button. Repeat Steps 4 through 6 to create more tab stops.