Positioning tabs
You can set tabs and indents by using the Ruler Bar in the Text Ruler.
The Ruler Bar appears below the formatting area of the Text Ruler
when a text object is selected or in edit mode. The Ruler Bar is
aligned with the selected text object.
A new text object has tab stops at half-inch intervals beginning at the
left border of the text object. You can move the insertion point to
each of these tab positions by pressing the Tab key. In addition, you
can edit a default tab by double-clicking it on the Ruler Bar.
Note: The Ruler Bar shows tab positions for one selected object. You
cannot use the Text Ruler to set tabs for multiple selected text objects
To set tabs
1
Depending on how you want the tab settings to apply, do one of
the following:
To set a tab for one paragraph only, place the insertion point
anywhere in the paragraph.
To set tabs before typing a new paragraph, place the insertion
point at the beginning of the paragraph.
2
If necessary, display the Text Ruler by choosing Layout > Dis-
play > Show Text Ruler. The Text Ruler and document rulers appear.
Ruler Bar
When you select a single text
object, the Ruler Bar appears.
You can set the right and left
indents of a selected text
object by dragging the Right
and Left Indent markers in the
Ruler Bar.
To indent the first line of a
paragraph, drag the First
Indent marker to the desired
position in the Ruler Bar.
To set the distance between
the left border of a text object
and the left margin of a para-
graph, drag the Left Indent
marker.
To set the distance between
the right border of a text
object and the right edge of a
paragraph, drag the Right
Indent marker.
Default tabs
Right indent
Ruler Bar
First Indent
Left Indent