"Jean Hollis Weber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Dennis Marks wrote: >> Jean Hollis Weber wrote: >> >>>Dennis Marks wrote: >>> >>>>I've been playing around with some data that I have in a text document. >>>>It is about 40 pages long. If I select the entire document I am not able >>>>to set the tabs. I began experimenting and found that I am able to >>>>select about half of the document before I lose access to changes on the >>>>tab ruler. The tabs just disappear and I can't set any. Is this a bug, a >>>>limitation, or am I doing something wrong? >>> >>>You can overcome this problem by setting the tabs in the paragraph >>>styles. >> >> Under format paragraphs there is no tab tab when selecting the whole >> document. It only appears when the tab bar is also available. > > Don't select the document first. Just put the cursor in one paragraph, > right-click and choose "Edit Paragraph Style", then go to the Tab tab and > set the tab stops there. They will then apply to all of the paragraphs > with that style. > > You'll need to do this for each different paragraph style that needs to > have tab stops set in it, so if you have a lot of styles (that are not all > linked from a base style) that could be a nuisance. But in most documents > I've seen, most if not all of the paragraphs (other than headings) are all > in the same style (usually Text Body if not Default). > > Regards, Jean > Jean Hollis Weber > > ---------
Thank you. That works. It that a known problem? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
