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Don't even know how to word the question! 8-)
I want to be able to:
Bob............................................... .Guest With the above, I want to be able to set the tab on the right to type in the word and have the space in between fill with dots (periods). Can that be done. If so, how? |
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Don't even know how to word the question! 8-)
Hi Chugwate,
What you want is tab leader dots with right-aligned tabs. See under Format|Tabs. -- Cheers macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] "Chugwater" wrote in message ... I want to be able to: Bob............................................... .Guest With the above, I want to be able to set the tab on the right to type in the word and have the space in between fill with dots (periods). Can that be done. If so, how? |
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Don't even know how to word the question! 8-)
Don't mean to be dense (I've been using Word for years), but where exactly is
Format/Tabs in Word '07? I can't find it. Thanks "macropod" wrote: Hi Chugwate, What you want is tab leader dots with right-aligned tabs. See under Format|Tabs. -- Cheers macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] |
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Don't even know how to word the question! 8-)
Technically, you can get there by going through the Paragraph dialog -- but
don't do it! There's a bug lurking in that pathway. Instead, use the old keyboard accelerator sequence Alt+O, T to go directly to the Tabs dialog. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 19:31:01 -0700, Chugwater wrote: Don't mean to be dense (I've been using Word for years), but where exactly is Format/Tabs in Word '07? I can't find it. Thanks "macropod" wrote: Hi Chugwate, What you want is tab leader dots with right-aligned tabs. See under Format|Tabs. -- Cheers macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] |
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Don't even know how to word the question! 8-)
Thanks for the reminder, Jay, as I'm just starting to get into this. Is
there NO other safe way to access that dialog? What about double-clicking a tab on the ruler; does that still trigger the bug? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... Technically, you can get there by going through the Paragraph dialog -- but don't do it! There's a bug lurking in that pathway. Instead, use the old keyboard accelerator sequence Alt+O, T to go directly to the Tabs dialog. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 19:31:01 -0700, Chugwater wrote: Don't mean to be dense (I've been using Word for years), but where exactly is Format/Tabs in Word '07? I can't find it. Thanks "macropod" wrote: Hi Chugwate, What you want is tab leader dots with right-aligned tabs. See under Format|Tabs. -- Cheers macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] |
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Don't even know how to word the question! 8-)
Thanks to the "steel sieve", I can't remember now exactly what the bug does
(something about overwriting the definition of the paragraph style setting in the Normal template with whatever is in the Paragraph dialog). Double-clicking the ruler is probably safe, but I'm not sure. Ask Beth; she's the one who told me about it. I'd look it up on Google Groups, but they're in one of their "can't find anything" moods. :-( -- Jay On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 22:12:40 -0500, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Thanks for the reminder, Jay, as I'm just starting to get into this. Is there NO other safe way to access that dialog? What about double-clicking a tab on the ruler; does that still trigger the bug? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Jay Freedman" wrote in message .. . Technically, you can get there by going through the Paragraph dialog -- but don't do it! There's a bug lurking in that pathway. Instead, use the old keyboard accelerator sequence Alt+O, T to go directly to the Tabs dialog. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 19:31:01 -0700, Chugwater wrote: Don't mean to be dense (I've been using Word for years), but where exactly is Format/Tabs in Word '07? I can't find it. Thanks "macropod" wrote: Hi Chugwate, What you want is tab leader dots with right-aligned tabs. See under Format|Tabs. -- Cheers macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] |
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Don't even know how to word the question! 8-)
Hey, at least you remembered that there WAS a bug. I remembered it after you
mentioned it, but I don't quite remember what it is, either. Since clicking a tab stop goes directly to the Tabs dialog without going through Paragraph, it probably is safe. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... Thanks to the "steel sieve", I can't remember now exactly what the bug does (something about overwriting the definition of the paragraph style setting in the Normal template with whatever is in the Paragraph dialog). Double-clicking the ruler is probably safe, but I'm not sure. Ask Beth; she's the one who told me about it. I'd look it up on Google Groups, but they're in one of their "can't find anything" moods. :-( -- Jay On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 22:12:40 -0500, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Thanks for the reminder, Jay, as I'm just starting to get into this. Is there NO other safe way to access that dialog? What about double-clicking a tab on the ruler; does that still trigger the bug? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Jay Freedman" wrote in message . .. Technically, you can get there by going through the Paragraph dialog -- but don't do it! There's a bug lurking in that pathway. Instead, use the old keyboard accelerator sequence Alt+O, T to go directly to the Tabs dialog. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 19:31:01 -0700, Chugwater wrote: Don't mean to be dense (I've been using Word for years), but where exactly is Format/Tabs in Word '07? I can't find it. Thanks "macropod" wrote: Hi Chugwate, What you want is tab leader dots with right-aligned tabs. See under Format|Tabs. -- Cheers macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] |
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Don't even know how to word the question! 8-)
BINGO! Thanks, Jay. "Jay Freedman" wrote: Technically, you can get there by going through the Paragraph dialog -- but don't do it! There's a bug lurking in that pathway. Instead, use the old keyboard accelerator sequence Alt+O, T to go directly to the Tabs dialog. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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Don't even know how to word the question! 8-)
Hi Jay,
The bug that Beth mentioned is that going through the paragraph dialog to change the tabs: "the current settings in the Paragraph dialog box are set as the document defaults for the attached template, usually Normal.dotM I addition to using the Alt, O, T keyboard shortcut, double clicking on the ruler will also bring up the dialog (of course it will usually also add a tab g) I haven't checked, but I don't think that was fixed in Service Pack 1. ============ "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... Thanks to the "steel sieve", I can't remember now exactly what the bug does (something about overwriting the definition of the paragraph style setting in the Normal template with whatever is in the Paragraph dialog). Double-clicking the ruler is probably safe, but I'm not sure. Ask Beth; she's the one who told me about it. I'd look it up on Google Groups, but they're in one of their "can't find anything" moods. :-( -- Jay -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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Don't even know how to word the question! 8-)
I've never been successful in bringing up the Tabs dialog from the ruler
without adding a tab, but if there's one already there and you double-click on it carefully, you can usually succeed in not adding another one, at least! -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Bob Buckland ?:-)" 75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com wrote in message ... Hi Jay, The bug that Beth mentioned is that going through the paragraph dialog to change the tabs: "the current settings in the Paragraph dialog box are set as the document defaults for the attached template, usually Normal.dotM I addition to using the Alt, O, T keyboard shortcut, double clicking on the ruler will also bring up the dialog (of course it will usually also add a tab g) I haven't checked, but I don't think that was fixed in Service Pack 1. ============ "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... Thanks to the "steel sieve", I can't remember now exactly what the bug does (something about overwriting the definition of the paragraph style setting in the Normal template with whatever is in the Paragraph dialog). Double-clicking the ruler is probably safe, but I'm not sure. Ask Beth; she's the one who told me about it. I'd look it up on Google Groups, but they're in one of their "can't find anything" moods. :-( -- Jay -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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