

To set the spacing, click the arrows next to the Default Spacing box or type your own value. If the text is in a text box, table, or shape, first click the Text tab at the top of the sidebar, then click the Layout button. In the Format sidebar, click the Layout button near the top. If you do set your own tab stops, but tab past the last one you set, default spacing is used. This is useful when you want to roughly align text or move the insertion point a set distance without setting individual tab stops. If you haven’t set your own tab stops, default spacing is used each time you press Tab.

You can also set tab stops, add leader lines, and change the symbol used for decimal-aligned tab stops using the controls in the Format sidebar on the right. If you aren’t using paragraph styles, or you want to keep the change as an override to a paragraph style, don’t click Update.
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To update the paragraph style with your changes, click the Update button next to the paragraph style name at the top of the sidebar.Īny text that uses the paragraph style now uses the new tab stops. Remove a tab stop: Drag the tab-stop icon below the ruler until it disappears. Move a tab stop: Drag the tab-stop icon along the ruler.Ĭhange the tab type: Control-click the tab-stop icon, then choose the alignment you want. Select the text you want to format, or click in text that uses a paragraph style you want to format.Īdd a tab stop: Click the ruler where you want the tab stop. If you don’t see the ruler, click in the toolbar, then choose Show Ruler. Make sure the ruler at the top of the document is open.
