Operation Manual

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Typography
Last updated 6/15/2014
Using tabs to align text
4 Choose Type > Tabs to display the Tabs dialog box.
5 To specify which paragraphs will be affected, select a paragraph or a group of paragraphs.
Note: In Galley view and Story view, adding a tab at the beginning of the paragraph indents the text the same amount,
regardless of the tab position. Layout view shows the actual distance of the tab.
6 For the first tab, click a tab-alignment button (left, right, center, or decimal) in the Tabs dialog box to specify how
text will align to the tab’s position.
7 Do one of the following:
• Click a location on the tab ruler to position a new tab.
Adding a new tab setting
• Type a position in the X box and press Enter or Return. If the X value is selected, press the up or down arrow key
to increase or decrease the tab value by 1 point, respectively.
8 For subsequent tabs with different alignments, repeat steps 3 and 4.
The first tab setting is right-aligned; the second tab setting is left-aligned.
To insert a tab character in a table, choose Type > Insert Special Character > Other > Tab.