You can change the default tab stops for all text boxes in a single publication.
- On the Format menu, click Tabs.
- In the Default tab stops box, enter the distance you want between tab stops.
- Select the paragraphs you want to change.
- On the horizontal ruler, click where you want the tab stop.
A tab stop marker appears on the ruler.
- Click the text where you want to insert the tab, and then press TAB.
Note In a table frame, click where you want to insert a tab, and then press CTRL+TAB.
- Select the paragraphs you want to change.
- Drag the tab-stop marker off the horizontal ruler.
Add dashes, dots, or lines before a tab stop
- Click in a paragraph that contains the tab stop you want to change.
- On the horizontal ruler, double-click the tab-stop marker.
- Under Leader, click the option you want, and then click OK.
Set one or more tab stops at specified measurements
- Select the paragraphs you want to change.
- On the Format menu, click Tabs.
- For each tab stop you want to insert, under Tab stop position, type the position for the tab stop, and then click Set.
- Under Alignment and Leader, select the options you want, and then click OK.