Create or modify a tab stop

In Microsoft Publisher, tab stop markers appear on the ruler at the top of the page.

Change default tab stops

You can change the default tab stops for all text frames in a single publication.

1. On the Format menu, click Tabs.
2. In the Default tab stops box, enter the distance you want between tab stops.

Create a new tab stop

1. Select the paragraphs you want to change.
2. On the horizontal ruler, click where you want the tab stop.

   A tab stop marker appears on the ruler.

3. Click the text where you want to insert the tab, and then press TAB.

Note   In a table frame, click where you want to insert a tab, and then press CTRL+TAB.

Remove a tab stop

1. Select the paragraphs you want to change.
2. Drag the tab-stop marker off the horizontal ruler.

Add dashes, dots, or lines before a tab stop

1. Click in a paragraph that contains the tab stop you want to change.
2. On the horizontal ruler, double-click the tab-stop marker.
3. Under Leader, click the option you want, and then click OK.

Set one or more tab stops at specified measurements

1. Select the paragraphs you want to change.
2. On the Format menu, click Tabs.
3. For each tab stop you want to insert, under Tab stop position, type the position for the tab stop, and then click Set.
4. Under Alignment and Leader, select the options you want, and then click OK.