Max Haltermann wrote:
Hi again,
I'll be wearing out my welcome, but here I go
again. I was presented with a 17 page list of
names and relevant page numbers. This was
created: sometimes using spaces, sometimes
default tabs and sometimes user defined tabs.
The whole looks like a dogs breakfast and
foolishly I volunteered to tidy things up.
My approach was to use just 3 tabs, the last a
right tab for the numbers and shift things into place by removing
multiple spaces a.s.o.
But I couldn't set the tabs! If I highlight the
text I can't set tabs, if I select one single line
at a time I can set tabs, but as soon as I go to the next line I have to
set tabs over and
over again.
So how can I set fixed tabs for existing text?
A solution really would restore my faith
in O O.
Gee, I hate to mention styles again, but...
Have you tried setting the tabs in the paragraph style? Probably
the whole list is in one style, so a change in the style should
affect all of the lines. If changing the style doesn't do the job
on all of the lines straightaway, highlight the whole document
and choose Format > Default Formatting to get rid of any
overrides that may be interfering.
Oh, and if you haven't already turned on the display of tabs,
paragraph markers, and other non-printing characters, I recommend
you do so. I find that it's much easier to diagnose what's going
on if I can see those things.
Regards, Jean
Jean Hollis Weber
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