using tab key to indent text in cell

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paulie

Suddenly, my tab key no longer works, as a single stroke, to indent my text
within a table cell and instead jumps to the next cell. I have no idea what
happened but it's very frustrating. Can anyone give me a tip on how to get
back that single-stroke function? I do not want to have to use Ctrl with it
and never had to up to now! Thank you!!!!
 
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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

Nothing happened. That is the way that it has always been. To use the tab
key in a table to move to a tab stop, you must use Ctrl+Tab.

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Hope this helps.

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services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP
 
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Stefan Blom

In a table cell, you will have to use Ctrl+Tab to insert a tab
character; there's no way around that.

There are several ways to create indents in your text. For example,
you can drag the indicators on the ruler.

Alternatively, you can set up an outline list (it doesn't actually
have to include numbering), as described at
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html, and
then use Alt+Shift+Left/Right arrow to change numbering levels.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


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paulie

okay, thanks for the reply!


Stefan Blom said:
In a table cell, you will have to use Ctrl+Tab to insert a tab
character; there's no way around that.

There are several ways to create indents in your text. For example,
you can drag the indicators on the ruler.

Alternatively, you can set up an outline list (it doesn't actually
have to include numbering), as described at
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html, and
then use Alt+Shift+Left/Right arrow to change numbering levels.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


in message
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paulie

Thanks for the reply!

Doug Robbins - Word MVP said:
Nothing happened. That is the way that it has always been. To use the tab
key in a table to move to a tab stop, you must use Ctrl+Tab.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP
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