TabStop Object

TabStops TabStop

Represents a single tab stop. The TabStop object is a member of the TabStops collection. The TabStops collection represents all the custom and default tab stops in a paragraph or group of paragraphs.

Using the TabStop object

Use Tabs (index), where index is the location of the tab stop (in points) or the index number, to return a single TabStop object. Tab stops are indexed numerically from left to right along the ruler. The following example removes the first custom tab stop from the selected paragraphs.

Sub ClearTabStop()
    Selection.TextRange.ParagraphFormat.Tabs(1).Clear
End Sub
		

The following example adds a right-aligned tab stop positioned at 2 inches to the selected paragraphs.

Sub ChangeTabStop()
    Selection.TextRange.ParagraphFormat.Tabs(2) _
        .Alignment = pbTabAlignmentTrailing
End Sub
		

Use the Add method to add a tab stop. The following example adds two tab stops to the selected paragraphs. The first tab stop is a left-aligned tab with a dotted tab leader positioned at 1 inch (72 points). The second tab stop is centered and is positioned at 2 inches.

Sub AddNewTabs()
    With Selection.TextRange.ParagraphFormat.Tabs
        .Add Position:=InchesToPoints(1), _
            Leader:=pbTabLeaderDot, Alignment:=pbTabAlignmentLeading
        .Add Position:=InchesToPoints(2), _
            Leader:=pbTabLeaderNone, Alignment:=pbTabAlignmentCenter
    End With
End Sub
		

Remarks

Set the DefaultTabStop property to adjust the spacing of default tab stops.