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use of the center tab
I'm using Word 2003 SP2.
I have text that I want to center with a format of xxx tab xxx. I insert a center tab ( _|_ ) between them and the text segments jump apart but by too much. So I adjusted the placement of the center tab. As the tab approaches 1" from either direction, the space between the segments shrinks to zero. Also, the placement of the tab along the ruler doesn't correspond to the space between the segments, 3" doesn't mean the segments are 3" apart, etc. What concept am I not understanding? |
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use of the center tab
If you set a centre tab at 3" and press the tab key and start to type half of
the text will be before the 3" tab and the other half to the right of the 3" mark. Remember that there are also left tabs set at 1/2" intervals indicated by a dark grey dot at the bottom of the ruler. When you set any tab all preset tabs to the left of your set tab are removed. The ruler does not show 3" segments. It is merely a reflection of your printed page, eg 3" on the ruler is 3" to the right of your margin. I hope this helps. -- Rae Drysdale " wrote: I'm using Word 2003 SP2. I have text that I want to center with a format of xxx tab xxx. I insert a center tab ( _|_ ) between them and the text segments jump apart but by too much. So I adjusted the placement of the center tab. As the tab approaches 1" from either direction, the space between the segments shrinks to zero. Also, the placement of the tab along the ruler doesn't correspond to the space between the segments, 3" doesn't mean the segments are 3" apart, etc. What concept am I not understanding? |
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use of the center tab
does the center tab have any intended use other than when set at 3"?
On Sep 6, 12:00 pm, Rae Drysdale wrote: If you set a centre tab at 3" and press the tab key and start to type half of the text will be before the 3" tab and the other half to the right of the 3" mark. Remember that there are also left tabs set at 1/2" intervals indicated by a dark grey dot at the bottom of the ruler. When you set any tab all preset tabs to the left of your set tab are removed. The ruler does not show 3" segments. It is merely a reflection of your printed page, eg 3" on the ruler is 3" to the right of your margin. I hope this helps. -- Rae Drysdale " wrote: I'm using Word 2003 SP2. I have text that I want to center with a format of xxx tab xxx. I insert a center tab ( _|_ ) between them and the text segments jump apart but by too much. So I adjusted the placement of the center tab. As the tab approaches 1" from either direction, the space between the segments shrinks to zero. Also, the placement of the tab along the ruler doesn't correspond to the space between the segments, 3" doesn't mean the segments are 3" apart, etc. What concept am I not understanding?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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use of the center tab
I understand. Then why is the result imbalanced when the segment to
the left of the tab is shorter than the segment on the right (or vice versa) On Sep 7, 1:15 pm, "Jay Freedman" wrote: You can set a center-aligned tab stop at any location on the ruler -- it doesn't have to be at 3". Each piece of text that you place at that stop will center on the location of the stop, _not_ at the center of the page. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ:http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. wrote: does the center tab have any intended use other than when set at 3"? On Sep 6, 12:00 pm, Rae Drysdale wrote: If you set a centre tab at 3" and press the tab key and start to type half of the text will be before the 3" tab and the other half to the right of the 3" mark. Remember that there are also left tabs set at 1/2" intervals indicated by a dark grey dot at the bottom of the ruler. When you set any tab all preset tabs to the left of your set tab are removed. The ruler does not show 3" segments. It is merely a reflection of your printed page, eg 3" on the ruler is 3" to the right of your margin. I hope this helps. -- Rae Drysdale " wrote: I'm using Word 2003 SP2. I have text that I want to center with a format of xxx tab xxx. I insert a center tab ( _|_ ) between them and the text segments jump apart but by too much. So I adjusted the placement of the center tab. As the tab approaches 1" from either direction, the space between the segments shrinks to zero. Also, the placement of the tab along the ruler doesn't correspond to the space between the segments, 3" doesn't mean the segments are 3" apart, etc. What concept am I not understanding?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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use of the center tab
I don't understand your comment.
Let's say I put a center-aligned tab stop at 2" on the ruler. At the left margin I type a tab character, which moves the cursor to the 2" position. Then I start typing words, and the words stay centered at 2" until the line gets longer than 4"; then the left end stays at the left margin (because it can't go any farther left) and the additional length continues to extend on the right. So as long as the text's length is less than twice the distance from the tab stop to the margin, the text will be centered at the tab stop. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 20:32:53 -0000, wrote: I understand. Then why is the result imbalanced when the segment to the left of the tab is shorter than the segment on the right (or vice versa) On Sep 7, 1:15 pm, "Jay Freedman" wrote: You can set a center-aligned tab stop at any location on the ruler -- it doesn't have to be at 3". Each piece of text that you place at that stop will center on the location of the stop, _not_ at the center of the page. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ:http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. wrote: does the center tab have any intended use other than when set at 3"? On Sep 6, 12:00 pm, Rae Drysdale wrote: If you set a centre tab at 3" and press the tab key and start to type half of the text will be before the 3" tab and the other half to the right of the 3" mark. Remember that there are also left tabs set at 1/2" intervals indicated by a dark grey dot at the bottom of the ruler. When you set any tab all preset tabs to the left of your set tab are removed. The ruler does not show 3" segments. It is merely a reflection of your printed page, eg 3" on the ruler is 3" to the right of your margin. I hope this helps. -- Rae Drysdale " wrote: I'm using Word 2003 SP2. I have text that I want to center with a format of xxx tab xxx. I insert a center tab ( _|_ ) between them and the text segments jump apart but by too much. So I adjusted the placement of the center tab. As the tab approaches 1" from either direction, the space between the segments shrinks to zero. Also, the placement of the tab along the ruler doesn't correspond to the space between the segments, 3" doesn't mean the segments are 3" apart, etc. What concept am I not understanding?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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use of the center tab
Note that you don't need a center tab to center text; you can use Center
alignment (Ctrl+E) if all the text on the line/in the paragraph is to be centered. The only thing that will throw centering off is indents; often users don't take a first-line indent into account. A center tab is for use in a line when some text needs to be centered on a specific point and other text needs to be left- or right-aligned. If you want to center text between margins using a center tab, be sure the tab is actually centered between the margins. For Word's default 1.25" left and right margins, which result in 6" between margins, the 3" tab is correct. If you reduce the margins to 1", giving a 6.5" line length, then the tab needs to be at 3.25". -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. wrote in message oups.com... I understand. Then why is the result imbalanced when the segment to the left of the tab is shorter than the segment on the right (or vice versa) On Sep 7, 1:15 pm, "Jay Freedman" wrote: You can set a center-aligned tab stop at any location on the ruler -- it doesn't have to be at 3". Each piece of text that you place at that stop will center on the location of the stop, _not_ at the center of the page. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ:http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. wrote: does the center tab have any intended use other than when set at 3"? On Sep 6, 12:00 pm, Rae Drysdale wrote: If you set a centre tab at 3" and press the tab key and start to type half of the text will be before the 3" tab and the other half to the right of the 3" mark. Remember that there are also left tabs set at 1/2" intervals indicated by a dark grey dot at the bottom of the ruler. When you set any tab all preset tabs to the left of your set tab are removed. The ruler does not show 3" segments. It is merely a reflection of your printed page, eg 3" on the ruler is 3" to the right of your margin. I hope this helps. -- Rae Drysdale " wrote: I'm using Word 2003 SP2. I have text that I want to center with a format of xxx tab xxx. I insert a center tab ( _|_ ) between them and the text segments jump apart but by too much. So I adjusted the placement of the center tab. As the tab approaches 1" from either direction, the space between the segments shrinks to zero. Also, the placement of the tab along the ruler doesn't correspond to the space between the segments, 3" doesn't mean the segments are 3" apart, etc. What concept am I not understanding?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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