Word Lesson 4A PowerPoint

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Lesson 4: Working with Tabs Courseware #: 3240

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Lesson 4 Objectives• Understand what a tab stop is

• recognize the different types of tab stops

• set tab stops on the ruler as well as the Tabs dialog box

•set leaders for tab stops

•clear one or all tabs

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Setting Tab Stops•Tab settings (stops) are similar to text alignment

– Enables you to align information at specific points in the document

– Useful for creating tables or aligning numbered items– Enables you to align information for setting up columns of text

•When you create a tab stop, text aligns at the tab stop(similar to paragraph alignment) – mark the place where the insertion point will stop when you

press Tab.•Default tab stops are set every half inch and are left-aligned

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Setting Tab Stops

Left Tab Typed characters begin at the left and move right.

Center Tab Text centers over tab position.

Right Tab Typed characters begin at right and move left.

Bar Tab Set vertical line between columns of text.

Decimal Tab Typed numbers shift to left until you type decimal point; text then moves right.

Each tab alignment can include leader characters to assist the reader in identifying data in that line.

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Setting Tab Stops

•Ruler is fastest way to set and adjust tabs– Press Alt for precise measurement (This opens the Tabs

dialog box)

•Align text using the appropriate tab alignment options instead of spaces

•Tab stop stays in effect from the paragraph location until new tabs are set

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Setting Tabs on the Ruler

•ScreenTips help identify different tab stop markers •To choose tab type, click Tab Selector box

– Each time you click, it shows the next tab type– If you go past the tab type, keep clicking until it displays again

Tab Selector

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Setting Tab Stops With Tab Selector

•Once the tab type is chosen, click the ruler where the tab stop should go

As you click the measurement on the ruler for the tab stop, you will see a line similar to the one below:

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Setting Tabs on the Ruler•Use the line as guide to see where the tab is placed relative to text– For precise measurement of a tab setting press & hold ALT as

you click the position of the tab setting

•Using the ruler allows you to see where the tab is placed relative to your text and the document window is visible

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Setting Tabs on the Ruler

•To move an existing tab stop, drag the tab stop marker to a new location on the ruler.

•To remove an existing tab, drag the marker off the ruler.

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Setting Tab Stops

•After you insert a new tab stop, the default tab stops before that tab stop marker are erased.

•You can set tab stops before you begin typing or apply them to existing text–You must select existing text prior to adding or

changing the tab stops

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Using Tab Stops

•Press Tab to move from one tab stop/column to the next when typing

•Use Show/Hide ¶ to display when Tab was pressed–Can help you see why the text does not line up

with the tab stops

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Setting Tab Stops With Tab Selector• Check tab stops set for individual lines of text by looking at ruler – When you select the line of text the tab stops appear

on the ruler that have been applied to that line of text• If tab stops appear in grey on ruler, there are different tab stops in text

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Setting Tabs with the Tabs Dialog Box•To display Tabs dialog box, double-click any tab character on ruler

•Can also display dialog box by clicking TABS in the Paragraph dialog box

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Setting Tabs with the Tabs Dialog Box•Displays list of all tab positions, but does not show result of settings until you click OK

•Can set tabs with precise measurements or select other tab options

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Tab Stop Position

Enter the measurement for the new tab. After clicking Set the tab position displays in the list below Tab stop position

Default Tab Stops

Displays interval amount the cursor moves to when your press Tab. Change when you want an equal amount of space between each column of text

Tab Stops to Be Cleared

Click the tab measurement to be removed & then click Clear

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Alignment Select the alignment required for this tab position. Same options found on Tab Selector

Leader Select the character that will precede the text from one column to the next, giving the audience a visual guide when reading across a page

Set Use after entering a new measurement or changing an existing measurement to set the tab stop.

Clear Use to clear or remove the selected tab measurement

Clear All Clear all tab measurements in the list & reset to the default settings

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Leaders/Dot Leaders• Leaders are solid, dotted, or dashed lines that fill the blank space before a tab setting.

• Leaders are often used in tables of contents.• To insert a leader, open the Tabs dialog box.

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Dash Leaders

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