Once the tabs are set you access the ruler with command-r and the tabs show up 
there.  then you can route mouse to them and double click the trackpad or mouse.

On Dec 20, 2013, at 4:17 PM, Jessica D <[email protected]> wrote:

> How would a voiceover user do  this?
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Dec 20, 2013, at 4:32 PM, Jim Gatteys <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> What I really needed was to be ab le to set tab stops like I mentioned in an 
>> earlier email.  I finally figured out how to do it.  The column restraints 
>> would not work for what I need.  Tab stops will do the trick.  I can find 
>> them on the ruler then double click them to change the tab stop type to 
>> left, right, or centered or decimal for that matter.
>> Jim
>> 
>>> On Dec 20, 2013, at 2:42 PM, Anne Robertson <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello Jim,
>>> 
>>> The easiest way to do what you want is to jump to the Formatter and select 
>>> the Layout radio button. Interact with the scroll area, and the first item 
>>> is Columns. Set the number of columns and expand the disclosure triangle. 
>>> You can then set the width of each column and the size of the gutter 
>>> between them.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> 
>>> Anne
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 20 Dec 2013, at 13:04, Jim Gatteys <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi Anne!
>>>> No, actually I need to set some right-aligned tab stops.  So not all my 
>>>> text will be on the right edge of the page.  It needs to be columnar in 
>>>> nature and the tabs will let me do that if I can figure out how to set 
>>>> them.
>>>> Jim
>>>> 
>>>>> On Dec 20, 2013, at 2:55 AM, Anne Robertson <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hello Jim,
>>>>> 
>>>>> When you say you want your text to be right aligned, do you mean that you 
>>>>> want your text on the right-hand side of the page, or for the right-hand 
>>>>> edge of the text to be aligned?
>>>>> 
>>>>> To align the text down the right-hand margin, VO-j from the body of the 
>>>>> document to the Formatter and select the Style radio button. Interact 
>>>>> with the scroll area and navigate down to the Horizontal alignment group. 
>>>>> Interact and check the Right check box.
>>>>> 
>>>>> If you want your text to be on the right-hand side of the page, jump to 
>>>>> the Formatter and select the Layout radio button. Interact with the 
>>>>> scroll area and navigate down to Indents and press VO-Space to expand the 
>>>>> disclosure triangle. Navigate to First and set it to the number of 
>>>>> centimetres or inches you want from the left-hand margin, not the 
>>>>> left-hand edge of the paper. Go right to Left, and enter the same number. 
>>>>> VO-j will take you back to your document.
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Anne
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 20 Dec 2013, at 08:48, Jim Gatteys <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi!
>>>>>> I have text that I want to be right aligned in pages and am trying to 
>>>>>> set a tab that will reflect that.  I find a combo box that says left but 
>>>>>> I can't change it to anything else.  Any ideas?
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Jim
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