How to insert a tab without creating a new paragraph

[Jubinell]

Hi,

In Word 2007 when you press Enter Word automatically create a new
paragraph for you by skipping a small "ghost" line that is inaccessible
to text entries. When this ghost space was undesirable I often work
around the problem by pressing Shift-Enter so that the cursor would
move to the following line.

Now here is the problem. At this new line if I were to press 'Tab' the
whole paragraph would shift over instead of just the line I'm on. I
don't have this problem if I were starting a new paragraph by pressing
Enter instead. How to have the tab apply to that one line only without
having to create a new paragraph?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Well, first of all, the "ghost line" is Spacing After, and you can easily
remove that. As for a tab causing a paragraph indent, the setting is at
Office Button | Word Options | Proofing | AutoCorrect Options | AutoFormat
As You Type: "Set left- and first-indent with tabs and backspaces."

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

 

[Jubinell]

Even though the description of my problem was horrid your explanatio
was flawless.
Thank you.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

We do learn to recognize commonly reported problems even when inexpertly
described. <g>

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