You can position tabs and set their alignment directly from the horizontal ruler (see Horizontal ruler). There are three ways in which tabs can be positioned:
Click on a tab stop and drag it to a new location.
Press shift, click on a tab and drag it to a new location (continuing to press shift). All the other tab stops will move relative to the moved tab.
Press ctrl and click on a tab. As you drag the tab to a new location, intermediate tab positions are erased.
To set the alignment of a tab, click on it with the right-hand mouse button. Keep clicking to toggle through these values:
Left align - text at this tab stop will be displayed to the left
Right align - text at this tab stop will be displayed to the right
Center align - text at this tab stop will be centered on the tab
Decimal align - numbers at this tab stop will be centered on the decimal point
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