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Default How to set number of spaces per "TAB CHARACTER"

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'
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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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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'



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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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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.
--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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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'




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