Word - Tabs

Hi Angela,

Thanks for clarifying. The quick way to insert a tab stop (I'm guessing this is what you are doing already) is to click in the top ruler on the desired marking.

You may also know that you can change the alignment of tab stops by clicking the tab stop icon at the top left above the side ruler.

If, for some reason, clicking on the ruler doesn't work, try the following:

In the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click the bottom right corner arrow.

In the dialogue box, at the bottom, click the Tabs button.

In the next box, you can set one or more tab stops by entering the centimetre positions of the tabs. You can also set the alignments.

Click Set, then OK when you're done.

This will insert the tab stop in your current line on the page. Afterwards, when you press Enter (Return), each new line will have the same tab stop(s).

This also applies when you insert tabs via the ruler.

If the text is too close to the right-side margin, simply make the margin narrower.

To clear tab stops, simply click and drag the tab stop downwards from the top ruler.

If it still doesn't work for you, please continue using the forum.

Kind regards
Marius Barnard
STL