Word 2003 Tab Stop Problem

[willie]

Hello All,

Any one farmiliar with an problem when inserting a tab stop in Word
2003, where if you are inserting the tab stop with the mouse by
clicking in the ruler, the tab will not line up with the ruler marks.

For example.

I try to put in a tab stop at .5 inches, but for some reason it goes to
..52.

I know I can go into Format>Tabs, but the other way use to work just
fine for me.

It does it for all new and old documents.

Any feed back would be great.

Thanks

 

[Klaus Linke]

Hi Willie,

If you only have the problem rarely, it might be easiest to double-click on
the tab in the ruler, and set its position numerically (= type it in).

You can influence the positions the tab stop will engage at with the drawing
grid.

On the Drawing toolbar, "Draw menu, Grid...", you set the horizontal
spacing, and make sure "Snap to grid" is checked.

Regards,
Klaus

 

[willie]

Thanks Klause, you sent me in the right direction. When I went to my
drawing toolbar, and the grid option, I'm not sure if it is suppose to
be this way, but my Horizontal spacint was set to .09, I changed it to
..1, and set it as default, and then all was fine.

Thanks

Willie