Help for Setting Tabs in a Microsoft Word Document

In order to configure columns and lists in your Microsoft Word document, you can set up tabs. Microsoft offers four types of tabs left, right, center and decimal. According to our help team, you can set these tabs in two ways. Well, given below is a comprehensive account on both the ways of setting up tabs in a Microsoft Word Document.
Setting up Tabs Using the Ruler Toolbar
• Start out the process by opening the View menu. After that, you need to click on the option that is labeled by “Ruler.”
• Now, you need to look for the small box at the left end of the ruler. When you locate the box, you need to click on it until the type of tab you want to insert left, right, center, decimal is displayed on your computer screen. In case you are unable to tell what a tab is from the picture on the button, you need to press the right mouse button and move your mouse pointer over the box.
• Once you do that, you need to click on the horizontal ruler in your document window in the position where you would like to place the tab. This will open up a tab mark on the ruler.
• Following which you need to press the Tab key for moving to your new tab stop.
Setting Tabs Using the Tabs Command in the Format Menu
• Choose the text to which you want to apply tabs.
• Next up, you need to go to the menu named “Format” and click on the “Tabs” option.
• Here, you need to choose the alignment you want for the tabs you are setting.
• Now, you need to type in a number in inches in the box named “Tab Stop Position.”
• Finally, end the process by clicking on the “Set” button for setting up the new tab stop.
So, that was some information about setting up Tabs in a Microsoft Word Document. In case you encounter any issue in doing this, please get in touch with our help team.
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