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Setting tabs by dragging on the horizontal ruler
I recently installed Word 2003 on a new computer, now setting tabs by
dragging on the horizontal ruler does not work the way that it always has before. On all the other installations that I have I can drag a tab and drop it at 1/16 of an inch increments. On this new installation I cannot do that any longer. It appears that the increment is .13 inches. How can I get this to allow me to set the tabs at 1/16 inch increments? |
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Setting tabs by dragging on the horizontal ruler
The interval on the ruler is determined by the grid setting. Display
the Drawing toolbar, click the Draw button at its left end, and select Grid from the menu. In the dialog, set the horizontal grid spacing to 0.0625" and click OK. Word generally rounds to the nearest 0.01", so you'll get a spacing 0.06". You can adjust the location with greater precision by holding the Alt key while you drag 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 Wed, 21 Mar 2007 18:55:16 -0700, binghamjc wrote: I recently installed Word 2003 on a new computer, now setting tabs by dragging on the horizontal ruler does not work the way that it always has before. On all the other installations that I have I can drag a tab and drop it at 1/16 of an inch increments. On this new installation I cannot do that any longer. It appears that the increment is .13 inches. How can I get this to allow me to set the tabs at 1/16 inch increments? |
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Setting tabs by dragging on the horizontal ruler
G'Day JC,
Living in Oz, I use only cm. - not that that makes any difference since the underlying calculations within Word are always in inches. For as long as I can remember (and certainly for Word Xp and Word 2002) the DEFAULT Tab stops have been at 1/2 inch and the drag intervals have been at 1/12 inch and never at 1/16 inch. You can set Tabs more precisely using FormatTabs or holding down ALT while you drag. You can also change the DEFAULT (1/2 inch) Tab stop using FormatTabs, but I know of no way to change the drag interval. I can (and do) change the default Tab stop to 1cm, but dragging still moves by 1/12 inch!! -- Regards, Pat Garard Melbourne, Australia _______________________ "binghamjc" wrote in message ... I recently installed Word 2003 on a new computer, now setting tabs by dragging on the horizontal ruler does not work the way that it always has before. On all the other installations that I have I can drag a tab and drop it at 1/16 of an inch increments. On this new installation I cannot do that any longer. It appears that the increment is .13 inches. How can I get this to allow me to set the tabs at 1/16 inch increments? |
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Setting tabs by dragging on the horizontal ruler
So!
Now I DO know - AND I can set it in cm.! -- Regards, Pat Garard Melbourne, Australia _______________________ "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... The interval on the ruler is determined by the grid setting. Display the Drawing toolbar, click the Draw button at its left end, and select Grid from the menu. In the dialog, set the horizontal grid spacing to 0.0625" and click OK. Word generally rounds to the nearest 0.01", so you'll get a spacing 0.06". You can adjust the location with greater precision by holding the Alt key while you drag 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 Wed, 21 Mar 2007 18:55:16 -0700, binghamjc wrote: I recently installed Word 2003 on a new computer, now setting tabs by dragging on the horizontal ruler does not work the way that it always has before. On all the other installations that I have I can drag a tab and drop it at 1/16 of an inch increments. On this new installation I cannot do that any longer. It appears that the increment is .13 inches. How can I get this to allow me to set the tabs at 1/16 inch increments? |
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Setting tabs by dragging on the horizontal ruler
Jay,
Thanks for the information, but I don't believe it is true. Here is why. On my computer that does allow me to drag to 1/16 inch intervals the grid increments in the grid menu are set at .13. BinghamJC "Jay Freedman" wrote: The interval on the ruler is determined by the grid setting. Display the Drawing toolbar, click the Draw button at its left end, and select Grid from the menu. In the dialog, set the horizontal grid spacing to 0.0625" and click OK. Word generally rounds to the nearest 0.01", so you'll get a spacing 0.06". You can adjust the location with greater precision by holding the Alt key while you drag 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 Wed, 21 Mar 2007 18:55:16 -0700, binghamjc wrote: I recently installed Word 2003 on a new computer, now setting tabs by dragging on the horizontal ruler does not work the way that it always has before. On all the other installations that I have I can drag a tab and drop it at 1/16 of an inch increments. On this new installation I cannot do that any longer. It appears that the increment is .13 inches. How can I get this to allow me to set the tabs at 1/16 inch increments? |
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Setting tabs by dragging on the horizontal ruler
The real answer to this is that disabling Snap to Grid in the Drawing Grid
dialogue will allow the tabs to be set at 1/16 inch increments. Thanks Jay Freedman for getting me into the correct, all be it obscure, location for changing the operation of Word. "binghamjc" wrote: I recently installed Word 2003 on a new computer, now setting tabs by dragging on the horizontal ruler does not work the way that it always has before. On all the other installations that I have I can drag a tab and drop it at 1/16 of an inch increments. On this new installation I cannot do that any longer. It appears that the increment is .13 inches. How can I get this to allow me to set the tabs at 1/16 inch increments? |
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