Hi John, my info is for word 2003; I believe it would work in 2007, but am not sure.
the location of the cursor is shown in the status bar (press control insert s to read it). tabs unfortunately are complicated. they are a paragraph formatting option, not a document option. this means you'll need to set them in a paragraph style (by modifying the style) which you are using to really be sure that they are being applied everywhere, or, select the entire document after you've typed it, and then set the tabs, and those tab sets will apply to the entire document as direct paragraph formatting. It's possible to set them on one paragraph, and as long as you keep pressing enter to create new paragraphs and go down the document typing as you go, the newly created paragraphs will copy their paragraph formatting options from the previous paragraph, and so will carry along your tab settings. It's easy though to go insert a paragraph later and find it doesn't have the tab settings, if you try and count on this way of doing tabs. notice I haven't even mentioned how to set them yet, it's more important you understand how they work. BTW, Word has default tabs of every half inch, and you could just use theirs if you only need a few indents. Anyway, if you want to set them for the current paragraph, or the entire document if you've pressed control-a, you right click (or press the context menu key), and press p until you come to the paragraph format option, and choose it). A dialog will open, and in there is a command button for setting tabs, and alt-t is it's shortcut. in this dialog you can keep typing a number into the edit box (in inches) and choosing the "set" button, to set the tab at the place you've entered, with all the options which are specified in the other controls here (like where it's a left or right tab, and whether it has dot leader). in the edit box, window eyes doesn't tell you, but you can press the up/down arrow and see all the different tab settings for the paragraph this way; you can choose one you want, and edit it or clear it. hth, Chip ------------------------------ Chip Orange Database Administrator Florida Public Service Commission [email protected] (850) 413-6314 (Any opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Florida Public Service Commission.) > -----Original Message----- > From: John Chilelli [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 12:53 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: MS Word tab info > > Hi everyone, > > Would someone direct me to the manual where it talks about how to > access MS Word document information, like tab information. Example: > if the cursor in a document is 3.5 inches from the left margin, or if > it is 3.9 inches from the left margin or wherever. > > Also, if off list, someone would like to tell me where in MS Word 3 > the tab settings are located and where I can change them I would > appreciate it very much. > > Thanks all, > > John > > If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original > sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and > your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending > your message to [email protected] so the entire list will > receive it. > > All GW-Info messages are archived at > http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo, and can be searched through > and sorted using the search > form at the bottom of the page. > > If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to > [email protected] and include leave gw-info in the body > of the message. > > If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. All GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo, and can be searched through and sorted using the search form at the bottom of the page. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [email protected] and include leave gw-info in the body of the message.
