Max Haltermann wrote:
I have studied Help re tab but what is a user defined tab?
If no text is highlighted I click on the ruler where I need
a tab, select the type and that is that. When I highlight
more than one line the tabs disappear.
The tabs indicated on the ruler apply solely to the single current
paragraph, in your case a single current line, since each of your lines
would be a single paragraph. You cannot set tabulation for multiple
paragraphs in this way.
Last word:
Any quick hint on how to change the default style?
Presumably your whole document is intended to be in a single style.
To be sure this is true, select the entire document using CTRL-A, then
select the default style by selecting "default" in the current style
window to the left of the font style window.
Now bring up the "Styles and Formatting", tray either by pressing F11
which toggles it off and on or by selecting "Styles and Formatting"
under the "Format" menu.
This tray can display of different types of style lists. Make sure that
the paragraph icon to the left of the heading is highlighted which means
the list displayed covers current paragraph styles.
Select "Default" from the list and using the right mouse button, select
"Modify".
The box that opens up allows you to modify the style for "default"
paragraphs in your current document. In your case you mainly want to set
tabs, so select the "Tab" tab at the top of the box.
Set the tabs as you wish, entering a tab position in the box, and
pressing "New" to make it active. You can change the position and type
of tab at any time.
You may also wish to set a particular font and font size and other
attributes for your default style, for example if some of your data
overflows into the next tab zone. Press the OK button when you are complete.
Every line/paragraph should now show identical tabs in identical positions.
If you edit these tabs directly in the window, your changes will only
apply to the single paragraph/line containing the cursor. This might be
useful for setting a single paragraph using non-standard formatting. But
any change you wish to apply to the entire document should be done by
again modifying the "default" paragraph style in the paragraph list of
the "Styles and Formatting Tray".
The philosophy behind this is that in a complex document you might have,
for example, different tabulation in different parts of the document,
usually connected to different styles. For example you might want a
smaller font and different tabulation for block quotations, footnotes
and endnotes. It is more convenient when playing with such things to be
able to make changes in tabulation or other attributes that effect
everything that is in single style rather than again and again having to
make many individual manual changes.
Note that styles are usually linked to one another in a hierarchy, so
that most changes made to the "default" style are also picked up by
other styles, except for characteristics sspecifically set in those styles.
Do not be afraid of making any changes to any predefined style, as such
changes only effect the current document.
Jallan
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