Text dialog box (Tabs tab)

Use this tab to add, delete, and adjust tab stops for selected paragraphs or for a selected shape's entire text block.

You can add up to 60 tab stops, and can delete tabs you no longer want.

The direction of the tabs changes when the paragraph direction is set to be right to left.

Tab stops

Lists the current tab stops. The left side of the box lists tab positions, and the right side lists tab alignment.

Tab stop position

Specifies the position of the particular tab stop selected in the Tab stops list.

Left

Aligns text to the left of the tab stop.

Right

Aligns text to the right of the tab stop.

Center

Aligns text at the center of the tab stop.

Decimal

Aligns the decimal point of numbers at the decimal point of the tab stop. (Aligns text to the left of the decimal point of the tab stop.) If the current language setting uses a comma for a decimal separator, the text aligns to the tab stop on a comma.

Default tab stops

Sets the distance between default tab stops for the selected shape. If you press TAB when the insertion point is past the previous tab stop, the new text is positioned at the next multiple of the default tab stop.

Add

Adds a new tab stop that is separated from the previous one by the amount specified in the Default tab stops box.

Modify

Sets the tab stop selected in the Tab stops list to the value you specify in the Tab stop position box.

Remove

Clears the tab stop selected in the Tab stops list.

Remove All

Clears all tab stops in the selected shape.