You may also want to see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/SettingTabs.htm. Note also that you can
set the default tab interval for a given document through Format | Tabs.

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"Charles Kenyon" wrote in
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You've got a bit of learning ahead of you, I'm afraid. First, tab spacing
is
a paragraph format attribute. You can change them using Format Paragraph
or set them in the ruler.

However, they are set by distance, not by number of spaces because the
distance for a given number of spaces will differ dramatically depending
on
the typeface and type-size you are using.

See http://addbalance.com/usersguide/basic_formatting.htm for more on
setting up your formatting. Long term, you want to set your formatting
using
Styles. Once you learn this it makes everything so much easier.
http://addbalance.com/usersguide/styles.htm.
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Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
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See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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"Little_Jimmy" wrote in message
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I wish for Word to jump 4 spaces for TAB.
I wish for Word to jump 6 spaces for TAB.
I wish for Word to jump 8 spaces for TAB.
How may I do these?

By TAB I mean C-language '\t'