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Step 1
Display RulerMake sure the ruler is visible.
<-<-<- From the View menu, select Ruler (it should be checkmarked).
This places the ruler at the top of your Microsoft Word document.
In this example, we’ll use a right-align tab near the left side of the page. Let’s choose 5.5 inches for a tab. -
Step 2
Select Tab Location<-<-<- On the ruler, Click Once on the 5½ inch tick-line marking.
By default, a left-align tab appears at the point where you single-click on the ruler. -
Step 3
Set Tab Alignment<-<-<- Double-click on the tab (L) mark itself to select what type of alignment you want.
Wehn you double-click on the tab, a Tabs setting box appears, as shown in Step 4. -
Step 4
RIght tab option buttonNotice the alignment option buttons.
<-<-<- To set a tab position at 5.5, make sure 5.5 is selected (highlighted), and choose the ‘Right’ option button.
**Make sure you click the Set button afterward to lock in your right tab selection. -
Step 5
Right aligned textNotice that your ruler now shows a backward-facing L, indicating that this particular tab is right-aligned.
When you tab over to the 5.5 setting and start typing, all your text will fill in from right to left.
The example shown in step 6 uses a right-align tab for the date and student information on a test document.









