Set Tab stops with leader characters (Word, Mac, Win)
Mac
Set tab stops with leader characters
- Select the paragraph in which you want to insert leader characters before a tab stop.
- On the Format menu, click Tabs.
- In the Tab stop position box, type the position for a new tab, or select an existing tab stop to which you want to add leader characters.
- Under Alignment, select the alignment for text typed at the tab stop.
- Under Leader, click the leader option you want, and then click Set.
Windows
Set tab stops and insert tabs that have leader characters
Tab stops (tab stop: A location on the horizontal ruler that indicates how far to indent text or where to begin a column of text.) enable you to line up text to the left, right, center, or to a decimal character or bar character. You can also automatically insert specific characters, such as periods or dashes, before the tabs.
- Select the paragraph in which you want to set a tab stop.
- Do one of the following:
To set tabs
- Click Left Tab at the far left of the horizontal ruler (horizontal ruler: A bar marked off in units of measure (such as inches) that is displayed across the top of the document window.) until it changes to the type of tab you want: Left Tab , Right Tab , Center Tab , Decimal Tab , or Bar Tab .
- Click the horizontal ruler where you want to set a tab stop.
- To set tabs with leader characters
- On the Format menu, click Tabs.
- Under Tab stop position, type the position for a new tab, or select an existing tab stop to which you want to add leader characters (leader character: A solid, dotted, or dashed line that is used in a table of contents and that fills the space used by a tab character.).
- Under Alignment, select the alignment for text typed at the tab stop.
- Under Leader, click the leader option you want, and then click Set.
Current Record: 3320
Create Date: 03-15-2007
Last Reviewed: 05-21-2007
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