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Centered
Decimal
The text after the tab is centered on the tab position. Thus, the
tab stop determines where the middle of the text falls.
For formatting columns of numbers. The numbers are positioned
in such a way that their decimal separators are vertically
aligned.
To change the alignment of an existing tab stop, invoke Format > Tabs. Select one
of the tab stops that have been set, change its alignment by selecting a new alignment
from the Alignment list and click on Set.
Tab leaders
The space that a tab skips over can be filled with a leader character, if desired, as
follows:
None
A tab without a leader
Solid _______________ A tab with underscores as leaders
Dashed ------------------- A tab with dashes as leaders
Dots ............................... A tab with dots as leaders (used frequently in tables of
contents and indices)
Middle dots ·············· A tab with middle dots as leaders
To provide an existing tab stop with a leader, invoke Format > Tabs. Select one of
the tab stops that have been set, choose the desired leader from the Tab leader list
and click on Set.
Deleting and moving tab stops
Tab stops can be modified at any time after they have been defined. For this purpose,
select the paragraphs whose tab stops are to be edited, and invoke Format >
Tabs.
To remove one of the tab stops, select it from the Tabs list and click the Clear
button. To remove all tab stops, use the Clear all button.
It is not possible to move a tab stop to a new position with the Format > Tabs
command. You can only can clear the tab stop and then set a new one at the desired
position. However, moving tabs is easier with the horizontal ruler, as described in
the next section.
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