tab settings

[sbmike]

Can anyone help? In some documents, I can only move tabs on 1/8" increments.
Is there a setting somewhere that can be changed to allow tabs to be moved
on 1/16" increments?

 

[Stefan Blom]

Hold the ALT key while dragging tab stops; this should give you more
control over their placement.

Alternatively, use the Tab dialog box to set tab stops. Note, however,
that you may have to remove and then recreate a tab stop in the dialog
box; it won't allow you to redefine a tab stop position close to an
existing one.

 

[sbmike]

Thanks for the tip, but I still can't get the tabs to do what I want them do
do. To set a tab on the top ruler, I simply click on the ruler in the
approximate spot that I want it and then drag it to the position that works
best. Then, when I want to move the stops to change the look of the
document, I drag it to a different position. On some documents, it allows me
to move the tabs along the ruler in 1/16" increments, but on others it will
only allow me to leave them on 1/8" increments. There must be a setting
somewhere that will change that default ruler property, or maybe it has to do
with the template for the document. I hope this explains better what I'm
trying to do, because it is very frustrating to have documents behave
differently from one another. Thanks, sbmike.

 

[Beth Melton]

The Drawing Grid controls where tabs "snap to" the ruler. To modify
the Drawing Grid, turn on your Drawing toolbar (View/Toolbars) and on
the Draw menu select Grid and change the Horizontal spacing.

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