[vip_students] Word notes: Using tabs Part 1 For screen magnification.
- From: "NCBI Technical Support" <paul.traynor@xxxxxxx>
- To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:21:27 -0000
Introduction
Tabs make it easy to align text. Many novice Word users mistakenly use the
Spacebar to align text-don't! The Tab key is faster, more accurate, and much
easier to change. Each time you press the Tab key, the insertion point moves
to the next tab stop. Word's tab stops are set at every half-inch or its cm
equivalent by default, but you can easily create your own. There are several
different types of tab stops available:
left, center, right, decimal and Bar.
Left-align tabs are the default type of tab stops-and they're the type
you'll use 95 percent of the time. However, there are times when you may
want to align text differently on a tab stop-so that it is centered or
right-aligned.
Tab alignment description:
Left
Aligns the left side of text with the tab stop.
Center
Aligns the text so that it is centered over the tab stop. (Can be used for
typing up Menus)
Right
Aligns the right side of text with the tab stop.
Decimal
Aligns text at the decimal point. Text and numbers before the decimal point
appear to the left, and text and numbers after the decimal point appear to
the right.
Bar
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A vertical line character is inserted where the bar tab is located.
Two methods can be used to add and modify tab stops: the horizontal ruler
(For Screen magnification) and the Tabs dialog box (For JAWS Users).
(Begin exercise)
Open Microsoft Word.
The default tab stops are normally left-aligned and located at every
half-inch or its 1.27 cm equivalent on the ruler.
Press Tab , type , press Tab , type , press Tab , type , press Tab , and
then type .
The headings you entered are all aligned with the default half-inch or its
cm equivalent tab stops.
When new tab stops are set and when you press Enter, you will notice how
each new paragraph has the new tab stops? That's because, as with paragraph
formatting, each new paragraph "inherits"
The tab stops in the paragraph above it.
Note:
Click the Show/Hide button on the Standard toolbar . All the hidden
characters in the document (spaces, tabs, and paragraph
marks) appear, making it easier for you to see any tab markers.
Keystroke for show-hide is "control + Shift + Number 8"
Just click the Show/Hide button again to unhide all the character markers.
QUICK REFERENCE
TO ADD A TAB STOP:
CLICK ON THE RULER WHERE YOU WANT TO ADD THE TAB STOP.
OR...
SELECT FORMAT → TABS FROM THE MENU AND SPECIFY WHERE YOU WANT TO ADD THE
TAB STOP(S).
TO CHANGE THE TAB ALIGNMENT:
CLICK THE TAB ALIGNMENT BOX ON THE RULER UNTIL YOU SEE THE TYPE OF TAB YOU
WANT TO USE (LEFT, CENTER, RIGHT, DECIMAL, OR BAR), AND THEN CLICK WHERE YOU
WANT TO ADD THE TAB STOP.
TO ADJUST A TAB STOP:
CLICK AND DRAG THE TAB STOP TO THE DESIRED POSITION ON THE RULER.
TO REMOVE A TAB STOP:
CLICK AND DRAG THE TAB STOP OFF OF THE RULER.
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