[Southern gal living up north[_2_]]

i HAVE A SIMILAR PROBLEM TO FLAMESTAR WITH UNSTABLE TABS. I'm using the
preset tabs in a document of 200 pages with a number of different tab stops
on each page. When I hit the tab, it may stop at the correct spot, or it may
stop a space or two before the spot or after the spot. When it does this, it
doesn't matter how many times I go back to the margin, hitting the tab again,
it will still go to the wrong place. I end up using the spacebar to get
there. What is wrong? I'm using 2003, student edition.
--
Southern gal living up north

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Have you verified that you have tab stops set for the correct position in
the paragraph at the insertion point? It's easy to ascertain this from the
ruler.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Southern gal living up north"
m wrote in message
...
i HAVE A SIMILAR PROBLEM TO FLAMESTAR WITH UNSTABLE TABS. I'm using the
preset tabs in a document of 200 pages with a number of different tab
stops
on each page. When I hit the tab, it may stop at the correct spot, or it
may
stop a space or two before the spot or after the spot. When it does this,
it
doesn't matter how many times I go back to the margin, hitting the tab
again,
it will still go to the wrong place. I end up using the spacebar to get
there. What is wrong? I'm using 2003, student edition.
--
Southern gal living up north

[Southern gal living up north[_2_]]

Probably not, didn't know I need to do that since I'm not changing anything,
just using the default ones. I'm not sure I understand why they would stop
at difference points though??
--
Southern gal living up north


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Have you verified that you have tab stops set for the correct position in
the paragraph at the insertion point? It's easy to ascertain this from the
ruler.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Southern gal living up north"
m wrote in message
...
i HAVE A SIMILAR PROBLEM TO FLAMESTAR WITH UNSTABLE TABS. I'm using the
preset tabs in a document of 200 pages with a number of different tab
stops
on each page. When I hit the tab, it may stop at the correct spot, or it
may
stop a space or two before the spot or after the spot. When it does this,
it
doesn't matter how many times I go back to the margin, hitting the tab
again,
it will still go to the wrong place. I end up using the spacebar to get
there. What is wrong? I'm using 2003, student edition.
--
Southern gal living up north

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Custom tab stops override the built-in ones. If there are custom tab stops
in the paragraph in question, that might be why you're not getting the
behavior you expect. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/SettingTabs.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Southern gal living up north"
m wrote in message
...
Probably not, didn't know I need to do that since I'm not changing
anything,
just using the default ones. I'm not sure I understand why they would
stop
at difference points though??
--
Southern gal living up north


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Have you verified that you have tab stops set for the correct position in
the paragraph at the insertion point? It's easy to ascertain this from
the
ruler.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Southern gal living up north"
m wrote in message
...
i HAVE A SIMILAR PROBLEM TO FLAMESTAR WITH UNSTABLE TABS. I'm using the
preset tabs in a document of 200 pages with a number of different tab
stops
on each page. When I hit the tab, it may stop at the correct spot, or
it
may
stop a space or two before the spot or after the spot. When it does
this,
it
doesn't matter how many times I go back to the margin, hitting the tab
again,
it will still go to the wrong place. I end up using the spacebar to
get
there. What is wrong? I'm using 2003, student edition.
--
Southern gal living up north