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How to change the characteristics of the Increase Indent button on the Formatting toolbar
Word 2003 Office SP2
I am unclear about where I change the characteristics of the Increase Indent button on the Formatting toolbar. According to the Word help, clicking the Increase Indent button "increases the indent by one tab stop (tab stop: A location on the horizontal ruler that indicates how far to indent text or where to begin a column of text.). If you want to change the position of the indent, you can first set a different tab stop." I created a paragraph style called MyStyle based on Normal. I set the tabs to be at 3" and 5". I see the 3" and 5" tabs in the ruler. I pressed Increase Indent but the result is MyStyle + Left: 0.5" MyStyle + Left: 1" Why isn't it 3" and 5"? Any feedback is appreciated. |
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How to change the characteristics of the Increase Indent button on the Formatting toolbar
The indents are by the amount of the "Default tab stop" as is set under the
FormatTabs dialog. You should probably define the indents that you want in the Style that you are using. -- 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 "John" wrote in message ... Word 2003 Office SP2 I am unclear about where I change the characteristics of the Increase Indent button on the Formatting toolbar. According to the Word help, clicking the Increase Indent button "increases the indent by one tab stop (tab stop: A location on the horizontal ruler that indicates how far to indent text or where to begin a column of text.). If you want to change the position of the indent, you can first set a different tab stop." I created a paragraph style called MyStyle based on Normal. I set the tabs to be at 3" and 5". I see the 3" and 5" tabs in the ruler. I pressed Increase Indent but the result is MyStyle + Left: 0.5" MyStyle + Left: 1" Why isn't it 3" and 5"? Any feedback is appreciated. |
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How to change the characteristics of the Increase Indent button on the Formatting toolbar
I have Ctrl+M assigned to something else so I can't test with left indents,
but when I set tabs in a paragraph, Ctrl+T did give me hanging indents at the places where I had tabs set (without changing the default tab interval). -- 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. "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message ... The indents are by the amount of the "Default tab stop" as is set under the FormatTabs dialog. You should probably define the indents that you want in the Style that you are using. -- 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 "John" wrote in message ... Word 2003 Office SP2 I am unclear about where I change the characteristics of the Increase Indent button on the Formatting toolbar. According to the Word help, clicking the Increase Indent button "increases the indent by one tab stop (tab stop: A location on the horizontal ruler that indicates how far to indent text or where to begin a column of text.). If you want to change the position of the indent, you can first set a different tab stop." I created a paragraph style called MyStyle based on Normal. I set the tabs to be at 3" and 5". I see the 3" and 5" tabs in the ruler. I pressed Increase Indent but the result is MyStyle + Left: 0.5" MyStyle + Left: 1" Why isn't it 3" and 5"? Any feedback is appreciated. |
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How to change the characteristics of the Increase Indent button on the Formatting toolbar
Doug - Thank you for the feedback.
You clarified the problem. The Increase Indent is set in the "Default tab stop" in the FormatTabs dialog. This is the only place it can be set since the Tab dialog of the modify Style dialog does not have a "Default tab stop" setting. Moreover, the "Default tab stop" is a global setting which applies to all styles. The Microsoft help for "indent paragraphs" does not specify that it is the "Default tab stop" in the FormatTabs dialog which you must set. It says "If you want to change the position of the [increase] indent, you can first set a different tab stop." Thank you for your help. |
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How to change the characteristics of the Increase Indent button on the Formatting toolbar
Ctrl+M only indents by the default tab space.
-- 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 "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... I have Ctrl+M assigned to something else so I can't test with left indents, but when I set tabs in a paragraph, Ctrl+T did give me hanging indents at the places where I had tabs set (without changing the default tab interval). -- 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. "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message ... The indents are by the amount of the "Default tab stop" as is set under the FormatTabs dialog. You should probably define the indents that you want in the Style that you are using. -- 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 "John" wrote in message ... Word 2003 Office SP2 I am unclear about where I change the characteristics of the Increase Indent button on the Formatting toolbar. According to the Word help, clicking the Increase Indent button "increases the indent by one tab stop (tab stop: A location on the horizontal ruler that indicates how far to indent text or where to begin a column of text.). If you want to change the position of the indent, you can first set a different tab stop." I created a paragraph style called MyStyle based on Normal. I set the tabs to be at 3" and 5". I see the 3" and 5" tabs in the ruler. I pressed Increase Indent but the result is MyStyle + Left: 0.5" MyStyle + Left: 1" Why isn't it 3" and 5"? Any feedback is appreciated. |
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How to change the characteristics of the Increase Indent button on the Formatting toolbar
The word 'default' would have removed the ambiguity. We'll see if we can get
that changed. Terry "John" wrote in message ... Doug - Thank you for the feedback. You clarified the problem. The Increase Indent is set in the "Default tab stop" in the FormatTabs dialog. This is the only place it can be set since the Tab dialog of the modify Style dialog does not have a "Default tab stop" setting. Moreover, the "Default tab stop" is a global setting which applies to all styles. The Microsoft help for "indent paragraphs" does not specify that it is the "Default tab stop" in the FormatTabs dialog which you must set. It says "If you want to change the position of the [increase] indent, you can first set a different tab stop." Thank you for your help. |
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How to change the characteristics of the Increase Indent button on the Formatting toolbar
Hi Terry
But... The Increase Indent button does not increase the indent at all when the paragraph in question is in a style that is part of a List Template. So, for example, if you set up your headings styles (Heading 1 to Heading 9) as an outline numbered list, then clicking the indent button in a Heading 1 paragraph applies Heading 2 style, which may or may not be indented. In this case, tab settings don't affect the behaviour of the Increase Indent button. Hope this helps. Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... The word 'default' would have removed the ambiguity. We'll see if we can get that changed. Terry "John" wrote in message ... Doug - Thank you for the feedback. You clarified the problem. The Increase Indent is set in the "Default tab stop" in the FormatTabs dialog. This is the only place it can be set since the Tab dialog of the modify Style dialog does not have a "Default tab stop" setting. Moreover, the "Default tab stop" is a global setting which applies to all styles. The Microsoft help for "indent paragraphs" does not specify that it is the "Default tab stop" in the FormatTabs dialog which you must set. It says "If you want to change the position of the [increase] indent, you can first set a different tab stop." Thank you for your help. |
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