the routine(s) in MSWORD help state that tab symbols on ruler may be "dragged
down" from ruler to clear them. This is fine except that it must be done for
every line (paragraph) in the document...could take hours for a task that
should take maybe 30 seconds. And even then it may not work very well. I want
to globally remove tab stops for the whole document. By this I mean performe
a series of simple steps for removing the tab stops (settings in the ruler)
that will apply to the entire document (or page) without having to repeat the
steps for each line. If this is not possible then it wold be a major weakness
in the word application. Tnank you

Ctrl+A to select the entire document. Then go to Format | Tabs and click
Clear All. You should be able to do that in far less than 30 seconds.

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Words into Type
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"mswordantiaesthetic" wrote
in message ...
the routine(s) in MSWORD help state that tab symbols on ruler may be
"dragged
down" from ruler to clear them. This is fine except that it must be done
for
every line (paragraph) in the document...could take hours for a task that
should take maybe 30 seconds. And even then it may not work very well. I
want
to globally remove tab stops for the whole document. By this I mean
performe
a series of simple steps for removing the tab stops (settings in the
ruler)
that will apply to the entire document (or page) without having to repeat
the
steps for each line. If this is not possible then it wold be a major
weakness
in the word application. Tnank you

G'Day Anesthetised One,

Select All (CTRL+A)
FormatTabs
Clear All (button)
Ok (button)

DONE!

You could also use a Macro...
Sub ClearAllTabStops()
'
Selection.WholeStory
Selection.ParagraphFormat.TabStops.ClearAll
End Sub
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Regards,
Pat Garard
Melbourne, Australia
_______________________

"mswordantiaesthetic" wrote
in message ...
the routine(s) in MSWORD help state that tab symbols on ruler may be
"dragged
down" from ruler to clear them. This is fine except that it must be done
for
every line (paragraph) in the document...could take hours for a task that
should take maybe 30 seconds. And even then it may not work very well. I
want
to globally remove tab stops for the whole document. By this I mean
performe
a series of simple steps for removing the tab stops (settings in the
ruler)
that will apply to the entire document (or page) without having to repeat
the
steps for each line. If this is not possible then it wold be a major
weakness
in the word application. Tnank you

Beaten Again.............
--
Regards,
Pat Garard
Melbourne, Australia
_______________________

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
Ctrl+A to select the entire document. Then go to Format | Tabs and click
Clear All. You should be able to do that in far less than 30 seconds.

--
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.

"mswordantiaesthetic"
wrote
in message ...
the routine(s) in MSWORD help state that tab symbols on ruler may be
"dragged
down" from ruler to clear them. This is fine except that it must be done
for
every line (paragraph) in the document...could take hours for a task that
should take maybe 30 seconds. And even then it may not work very well. I
want
to globally remove tab stops for the whole document. By this I mean
performe
a series of simple steps for removing the tab stops (settings in the
ruler)
that will apply to the entire document (or page) without having to repeat
the
steps for each line. If this is not possible then it wold be a major
weakness
in the word application. Tnank you

Yeah, and "mswordantiaesthetic" (posting as "hunguponword") also asked this
in word.application.errors (?) and got the same answer from Jay Freedman.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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all may benefit.

"Pat Garard" apgarardATbigpondDOTnetDOTau wrote in message
...
Beaten Again.............
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Regards,
Pat Garard
Melbourne, Australia
_______________________

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
Ctrl+A to select the entire document. Then go to Format | Tabs and click
Clear All. You should be able to do that in far less than 30 seconds.

--
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.

"mswordantiaesthetic"
wrote
in message ...
the routine(s) in MSWORD help state that tab symbols on ruler may be
"dragged
down" from ruler to clear them. This is fine except that it must be
done
for
every line (paragraph) in the document...could take hours for a task
that
should take maybe 30 seconds. And even then it may not work very well.
I
want
to globally remove tab stops for the whole document. By this I mean
performe
a series of simple steps for removing the tab stops (settings in the
ruler)
that will apply to the entire document (or page) without having to
repeat
the
steps for each line. If this is not possible then it wold be a major
weakness
in the word application. Tnank you