At 14:54 13/03/2011 -0800, Tim Johnson wrote:
I am not trying to change the tab settings.
You appeared to say you were: "Try as I might, I can't reduce it to .22 inches.", and your subject does refer to "Mysterious Giant TABS". You almost certainly should be changing tab settings.
Crude or not sir, I just used that as a reference to illustrate the unwanted size.
I was pointing out that using default tab stops instead of specific ones to suit the purpose of your paragraph or document was probably not the best way to proceed. That's general advice, not criticism.
No help. Settings show as .22 inches....
Really? So you have tab stops at that interval at all three levels: default, paragraph style, and paragraph? That's overkill!
Whoa there partner! :) I know that you are trying to be helpful, and indeed I did ask for help, but you are overwhelming me with information.
You may think I was trying to solve your problem. That would be understandable, but I wasn't. I was trying to help you understand how tab stops work in Writer sufficiently that you could solve the problem for yourself.
Let's keep it simple and succinct:
Oh, dear: are you going to restate your problem - as if the difficulty is that I failed to understand it the first time? ;^)
1) I have set Tab stops as .22 inches.
Default? In the paragraph style? In the paragraph? (Probably default.)
2) In all cases but one and only one, pressing Tab at the beginning of a paragraph inserts a Tab of .22 inches. a) Why that particular paragraph?
For one of the reasons described in my earlier message - probably.
b) How do I insert a Tab of .22 inches at that point *instead of the 3~ inch tab?
In one of the ways described in my earlier message, depending on exactly what arrangement is creating the situation you describe.
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