How to Change the Tabs on Microsoft Word
Microsoft Word is a word processing application that allows you to create printed documents, such as letters, brochures, fliers, envelopes and labels using templates or your own designs. If you want to create or make changes to text elements that are not aligned flush with the left or right margins of your publications, you will likely need to adjust the document's tab stop settings. Once you understand how to select your text and find the proper menu item, changing the tabs in Microsoft Word becomes a quick task.
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Instructions
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Highlight the section of text containing the tab stops you want to change. To select all of your document's text, press the "Ctrl" and "A" keys simultaneously.
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Select the "Home" tab, located near the top-left corner of the program window.
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Click the double-headed arrow located at the bottom-right corner of the "Paragraph" section of the top menu bar.
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Click the "Tabs" button found at the bottom-left of the resulting dialog box.
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Click on the name of the tab stop position that you want to change.
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Enter your preferred position within the "Tab stop position" field. If you want to adjust the alignment or leader associated with the selected tab stop, change the corresponding settings within the adjacent "Alignment" and "Leader" sections, respectively.
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Click the "Set" button to create a new tab stop based on your updated settings.
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Click on the name of the tab stop you originally selected in Step 5 and then click the "Clear" button. This removes the old tab stop, leaving behind only the updated copy.
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Click "OK" to confirm your changes, close the open dialog box and return to the main Microsoft Word program window.
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