Adding, Deleting and Modifying Tab Stops (Method 1)
Before you begin
Procedure
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Position the cursor within the paragraph that contains the tab stop you wish to modify.
Tabs are paragraph-specific. In other words, when you modify a tab it affects only the current paragraph. When you then create a new paragraph by pressing the Enter key, the new paragraph adopts the tab stop settings from the previous paragraph, unless you alter them manually.
- Remove the tab you no longer need by clicking on the associated tab spot marker (above the ruler) and dragging it off the ruler.
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To add a tab stop to the ruler, select the type of tab you want to add from the set
of Tab buttons
on the Formatting toolbar. These tab buttons are for Left-aligned tabs,
Right-aligned, Decimal and Center-aligned, respectively.
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Click on the tab bar above the ruler to place the new tab. Whilst you hold down the mouse button you should notice a measurement figure appear to the far left of the tabs set. This is the distance from the margin, and helps you to set your tab stop correctly.
You can set a maximum of 14 Tab Stops.
- Release the mouse button. Your tab stop is now set in place. You can move this tab (and others) horizontally along the tab bar to suit.