[Rae Drysdale]

If you set a centre tab at 3" and press the tab key and start to type half of
the text will be before the 3" tab and the other half to the right of the 3"
mark. Remember that there are also left tabs set at 1/2" intervals indicated
by a dark grey dot at the bottom of the ruler. When you set any tab all
preset tabs to the left of your set tab are removed.

The ruler does not show 3" segments. It is merely a reflection of your
printed page, eg 3" on the ruler is 3" to the right of your margin. I hope
this helps.
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Rae Drysdale


" wrote:

I'm using Word 2003 SP2.

I have text that I want to center with a format of xxx tab xxx. I
insert a center tab ( _|_ ) between them and the text segments jump
apart but by too much. So I adjusted the placement of the center
tab. As the tab approaches 1" from either direction, the space
between the segments shrinks to zero.

Also, the placement of the tab along the ruler doesn't correspond to
the space between the segments, 3" doesn't mean the segments are 3"
apart, etc.

What concept am I not understanding?