Operation Manual

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Typography
Last updated 11/30/2015
A Tab alignment buttons B Tab po sitio n C Tab L eader box D Align On box E Tab r uler F Snap above frame
When you do this in a vertical text frame, the Tabs dialog box also becomes vertical. When the Tabs dialog box direction
is not consistent with the text frame direction, click on the magnet icon
to snap the rulers to the current text frame.
Open the Tabs dialog box
1 Using the Type tool, click in the text frame.
2 Choose Type > Tabs.
If the top of the frame is visible, the Tabs dialog box snaps to the current text frame and matches its width to the current
column.
When the top of a horizontal frame is displayed, the Tabs dialog box will snap to the top of the current text frame, and
the width will change to conform to the width of the current column. When there is a text insertion point in a vertical
frame, the Tabs dialog box will snap to the right side of the text frame, and the length displayed will conform to the
length of the current column.
Align the Tabs dialog box ruler with your text
1 In Layout View, scroll through your document to display the top of the content.
2 Scroll through your document to display the top of the text frame.
3 Click the magnet icon on the Tabs dialog box. The Tabs dialog box snaps to the top of the column that includes
the selection or the insertion point.