Getting tabs on ruler to line up with set tabs.

[victorydoc]

Hello Everyone,

By accident posted to the Mac group and was kindly referred this way.

http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...35-abc4-213725d85abf&cat=&lang=&cr=&sloc=&p=1

Briefly, I've noticed that when I "click and drag" the margin icon (the
downward/upward facing pentagons), I cannot get them to line-up with the tab
settings, e.g. on 0.25, 0.5, or 0.75", no matter how carefully I try.

The advice to use the Alt key helps, but curious as why this happened, as it
appears new to me.

Thanks.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The grid interval of your drawing grid can affect this. How you access this
depends on what version of Word you're using.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[victorydoc]

Morning Suzanne,

Thanks for your reply.

I'm using MS Office Word 2003.

The "issue" is that when I click and drag that little icon/symbol, it falls
on either side of whatever tick mark is on the ruler, regardless of the
intervals. It appears that I cannot place it precisely where I would like by
dragging it.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you press Alt while dragging, you can set it exactly. It's not known why
the "snap" is in the wrong place on some systems.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[victorydoc]

Thanks for that. Didn't know that the "hang" was a known issue.