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Replacing Tabs in Word
I am writring a dictionary and have used a tab at the beginning of each entry to distinguish it from a heading. However now I wish to get rid of the tabs and I have tried doing it by using the "replace" function (control H), to replace a tab with nothing. But I cannot find a function on "replace" for tabs. Can anyone tell me how to get rid of tabs without manually deleting each one? Thanks, unity 22 |
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^t is what you use to find tabs. In the Find and Replace dialog, if you
click on the More button and then on Special, you will see Tab character as the second item in the list. Selecting that will insert ^t in the Find what control. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "unity22" wrote in message ... I am writring a dictionary and have used a tab at the beginning of each entry to distinguish it from a heading. However now I wish to get rid of the tabs and I have tried doing it by using the "replace" function (control H), to replace a tab with nothing. But I cannot find a function on "replace" for tabs. Can anyone tell me how to get rid of tabs without manually deleting each one? Thanks, unity 22 |
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And I now see that your previous identical question was correctly answered
by fellow MVP Jay Freedman 1 hour and fifty minutes before you repeated the question. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "unity22" wrote in message ... I am writring a dictionary and have used a tab at the beginning of each entry to distinguish it from a heading. However now I wish to get rid of the tabs and I have tried doing it by using the "replace" function (control H), to replace a tab with nothing. But I cannot find a function on "replace" for tabs. Can anyone tell me how to get rid of tabs without manually deleting each one? Thanks, unity 22 |
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Doug, Thanks. I have tried ^t, but Word says that it finds no instances of ^t so that particular solution does not work. Any other ideas would be appreciated. Steve "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: ^t is what you use to find tabs. In the Find and Replace dialog, if you click on the More button and then on Special, you will see Tab character as the second item in the list. Selecting that will insert ^t in the Find what control. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "unity22" wrote in message ... I am writring a dictionary and have used a tab at the beginning of each entry to distinguish it from a heading. However now I wish to get rid of the tabs and I have tried doing it by using the "replace" function (control H), to replace a tab with nothing. But I cannot find a function on "replace" for tabs. Can anyone tell me how to get rid of tabs without manually deleting each one? Thanks, unity 22 |
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Sorry, Doug. I'm a newbie and I probably hit the wrong button twice. "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: And I now see that your previous identical question was correctly answered by fellow MVP Jay Freedman 1 hour and fifty minutes before you repeated the question. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "unity22" wrote in message ... I am writring a dictionary and have used a tab at the beginning of each entry to distinguish it from a heading. However now I wish to get rid of the tabs and I have tried doing it by using the "replace" function (control H), to replace a tab with nothing. But I cannot find a function on "replace" for tabs. Can anyone tell me how to get rid of tabs without manually deleting each one? Thanks, unity 22 |
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And managed to get a different subject text? Good trick!
If ^t is not being recognised then there are no tabs in your document. Chances are that you have a setting in autoformat as you type, to define styles based on your formatting. In which case they are indents. Verify by pressing CTRL+* of click the ¶ button on the toolbar or look at the ruler with the cursor in an indented para. That being the case, use the replace function to replace the indented style with a non-indented style. See also http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/TameAutoFormat.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org unity22 wrote: Sorry, Doug. I'm a newbie and I probably hit the wrong button twice. "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: And I now see that your previous identical question was correctly answered by fellow MVP Jay Freedman 1 hour and fifty minutes before you repeated the question. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "unity22" wrote in message ... I am writring a dictionary and have used a tab at the beginning of each entry to distinguish it from a heading. However now I wish to get rid of the tabs and I have tried doing it by using the "replace" function (control H), to replace a tab with nothing. But I cannot find a function on "replace" for tabs. Can anyone tell me how to get rid of tabs without manually deleting each one? Thanks, unity 22 |
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It's true that I made an error in calling them "tabs" and that I have used the indent icon on my toolbar to indent. Thanks for pointing out my error, Graham. But it is not a formatting operation. I have manually inserted indents. Now that we have the problem correctly specified, I'm not sure if going to formatting is still the way I need to go. Will going to formatting remove my manual indents? Steve "Graham Mayor" wrote: And managed to get a different subject text? Good trick! If ^t is not being recognised then there are no tabs in your document. Chances are that you have a setting in autoformat as you type, to define styles based on your formatting. In which case they are indents. Verify by pressing CTRL+* of click the ¶ button on the toolbar or look at the ruler with the cursor in an indented para. That being the case, use the replace function to replace the indented style with a non-indented style. See also http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/TameAutoFormat.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org unity22 wrote: Sorry, Doug. I'm a newbie and I probably hit the wrong button twice. "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: And I now see that your previous identical question was correctly answered by fellow MVP Jay Freedman 1 hour and fifty minutes before you repeated the question. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "unity22" wrote in message ... I am writring a dictionary and have used a tab at the beginning of each entry to distinguish it from a heading. However now I wish to get rid of the tabs and I have tried doing it by using the "replace" function (control H), to replace a tab with nothing. But I cannot find a function on "replace" for tabs. Can anyone tell me how to get rid of tabs without manually deleting each one? Thanks, unity 22 |
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I tell you, Graham, you have broken the logjam here. I see I can highlight a whole section of the dictionary and then remove the indent using the "decrease indent" icon on the toolbar. That being the case, I can move much more quickly through the document. That is a great improvement. Thanks for pointing out my error in treating the matter as one dealing with tabs instead of one dealing with indents. Steve "Graham Mayor" wrote: And managed to get a different subject text? Good trick! If ^t is not being recognised then there are no tabs in your document. Chances are that you have a setting in autoformat as you type, to define styles based on your formatting. In which case they are indents. Verify by pressing CTRL+* of click the ¶ button on the toolbar or look at the ruler with the cursor in an indented para. That being the case, use the replace function to replace the indented style with a non-indented style. See also http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/TameAutoFormat.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org unity22 wrote: Sorry, Doug. I'm a newbie and I probably hit the wrong button twice. "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: And I now see that your previous identical question was correctly answered by fellow MVP Jay Freedman 1 hour and fifty minutes before you repeated the question. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "unity22" wrote in message ... I am writring a dictionary and have used a tab at the beginning of each entry to distinguish it from a heading. However now I wish to get rid of the tabs and I have tried doing it by using the "replace" function (control H), to replace a tab with nothing. But I cannot find a function on "replace" for tabs. Can anyone tell me how to get rid of tabs without manually deleting each one? Thanks, unity 22 |
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....Just for clarification, all types of indentation _are_ formatting
attributes regardless of whether the Ruler, the toolbar button the keyboard or FormatParagraph is used to apply the indentation. -- Regards |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac "unity22" wrote in message ... It's true that I made an error in calling them "tabs" and that I have used the indent icon on my toolbar to indent. Thanks for pointing out my error, Graham. But it is not a formatting operation. I have manually inserted indents. Now that we have the problem correctly specified, I'm not sure if going to formatting is still the way I need to go. Will going to formatting remove my manual indents? Steve "Graham Mayor" wrote: And managed to get a different subject text? Good trick! If ^t is not being recognised then there are no tabs in your document. Chances are that you have a setting in autoformat as you type, to define styles based on your formatting. In which case they are indents. Verify by pressing CTRL+* of click the ¶ button on the toolbar or look at the ruler with the cursor in an indented para. That being the case, use the replace function to replace the indented style with a non-indented style. See also http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/TameAutoFormat.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org unity22 wrote: Sorry, Doug. I'm a newbie and I probably hit the wrong button twice. "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: And I now see that your previous identical question was correctly answered by fellow MVP Jay Freedman 1 hour and fifty minutes before you repeated the question. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "unity22" wrote in message ... I am writring a dictionary and have used a tab at the beginning of each entry to distinguish it from a heading. However now I wish to get rid of the tabs and I have tried doing it by using the "replace" function (control H), to replace a tab with nothing. But I cannot find a function on "replace" for tabs. Can anyone tell me how to get rid of tabs without manually deleting each one? Thanks, unity 22 |
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