TabLeader Property

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TabLeader Property

       

Returns or sets the character between entries and their page numbers in an index, table of authorities, table of contents, or table of figures. Read/write WdTabLeader.

WdTabLeader can be one of these WdTabLeader constants.
wdTabLeaderDashes
wdTabLeaderDots
wdTabLeaderHeavy
wdTabLeaderLines
wdTabLeaderMiddleDot
wdTabLeaderSpaces

expression.TabLeader

expression   Required. An expression that returns one of the objects in the Applies To list.

Example

This example formats the tables of contents in Sales.doc to use a dotted tab leader.

For Each aTOC In Documents("Sales.doc").TablesOfContents
    aTOC.TabLeader = wdTabLeaderDots
Next aTOC

This example adds an index at the end of the active document. The page numbers are right-aligned with a dashed-line tab leader.

Set myRange = ActiveDocument.Range( _
    Start:=ActiveDocument.Content.End -1, _
    End:=ActiveDocument.Content.End -1)
ActiveDocument.Indexes.Add(Range:=myRange, Type:=wdIndexIndent, _
    RightAlignPageNumbers:=True).TabLeader = wdTabLeaderDashes