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*Permanent* Default Tab Setting
How does one set a *permanent* default tab setting? I want my tabs to be .25"
(not .5") in EVERY document I create, and I do not want to have to change the "default" everytime each time I create a new document. Does anyone know how to accomplish this? Thanks. |
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1. Change the normal style to have that setting and save it as a default.
2. Better yet, prepare a custom document template with all styles you use set for your tabs and use that template for creating new documents. http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm 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! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Zigmund" wrote in message ... How does one set a *permanent* default tab setting? I want my tabs to be .25" (not .5") in EVERY document I create, and I do not want to have to change the "default" everytime each time I create a new document. Does anyone know how to accomplish this? Thanks. |
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Open Normal.dot and set the default interval there. For tips on finding
Normal.dot, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...ocNotBlank.htm -- 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. "Zigmund" wrote in message ... How does one set a *permanent* default tab setting? I want my tabs to be ..25" (not .5") in EVERY document I create, and I do not want to have to change the "default" everytime each time I create a new document. Does anyone know how to accomplish this? Thanks. |
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You cannot change the default tab interval through a style; that setting is
not available in Format | Style | Modify | Format: Tabs. -- 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. "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... 1. Change the normal style to have that setting and save it as a default. 2. Better yet, prepare a custom document template with all styles you use set for your tabs and use that template for creating new documents. http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm 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! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Zigmund" wrote in message ... How does one set a *permanent* default tab setting? I want my tabs to be .25" (not .5") in EVERY document I create, and I do not want to have to change the "default" everytime each time I create a new document. Does anyone know how to accomplish this? Thanks. |
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I had forgotten that there even was a setting for changing the default tab
interval. I simply set tabs where I want them and if I need greater intervals I usually use a table rather than multiple tabs. -- 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! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... You cannot change the default tab interval through a style; that setting is not available in Format | Style | Modify | Format: Tabs. -- 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. "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... 1. Change the normal style to have that setting and save it as a default. 2. Better yet, prepare a custom document template with all styles you use set for your tabs and use that template for creating new documents. http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm 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! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Zigmund" wrote in message ... How does one set a *permanent* default tab setting? I want my tabs to be .25" (not .5") in EVERY document I create, and I do not want to have to change the "default" everytime each time I create a new document. Does anyone know how to accomplish this? Thanks. |
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Me, too. But sometimes users want .8" intervals for coding or some other
special requirement. -- 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. "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... I had forgotten that there even was a setting for changing the default tab interval. I simply set tabs where I want them and if I need greater intervals I usually use a table rather than multiple tabs. -- 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! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... You cannot change the default tab interval through a style; that setting is not available in Format | Style | Modify | Format: Tabs. -- 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. "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... 1. Change the normal style to have that setting and save it as a default. 2. Better yet, prepare a custom document template with all styles you use set for your tabs and use that template for creating new documents. http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm 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! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Zigmund" wrote in message ... How does one set a *permanent* default tab setting? I want my tabs to be .25" (not .5") in EVERY document I create, and I do not want to have to change the "default" everytime each time I create a new document. Does anyone know how to accomplish this? Thanks. |
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When you modify the default tab stops, the changes apply to the
current file, only. You can change the default tab stops for a template, assuming that you open the document as a template (via FileOpen), and then it will affect all documents created from that template. Note, however, that it is much better to create a style with custom tab stops than to modify the default tab stops. For more information, see: http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/SettingTabs.htm. -- Stefan Blom "Zigmund" wrote in message ... How does one set a *permanent* default tab setting? I want my tabs to be .25" (not .5") in EVERY document I create, and I do not want to have to change the "default" everytime each time I create a new document. Does anyone know how to accomplish this? Thanks. |
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