[John]

Word 2003 Office SP2

I am unclear about where I change the characteristics of the Increase Indent
button on the Formatting toolbar.

According to the Word help, clicking the Increase Indent button "increases
the indent by one tab stop (tab stop: A location on the horizontal ruler
that indicates how far to indent text or where to begin a column of text.).
If you want to change the position of the indent, you can first set a
different tab stop."

I created a paragraph style called MyStyle based on Normal.
I set the tabs to be at 3" and 5".
I see the 3" and 5" tabs in the ruler.
I pressed Increase Indent but the result is
MyStyle + Left: 0.5"
MyStyle + Left: 1"

Why isn't it 3" and 5"?

Any feedback is appreciated.