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3-84 FileMaker Pro User’s Guide
Setting tabs using the Tab dialog box
1.
Display the text ruler, as explained in “Using the text ruler” on page 3-82.
2. To display the Tabs dialog box, with text selected, double-click a tab
marker in the text ruler.
You can also choose Text from the Format menu, click Paragraph in
the Text Format dialog box, and then click Tabs.
3. In the Tabs dialog box, select options.
4. Click OK when you’re done setting options for all tabs.
To Do this
Set the tab alignment For Type, select an option.
Set a decimal tab Click Align On. To set a decimal tab on a separator other
than a period (.), type a character in the text box.
Specify the tab’s position on
the ruler
For Position, type a value.
Specify a fill character For Fill Character, type a character (for example, for a
phone listing, you can fill the area between the name
and the telephone number with periods).
Apply the current settings and
set another tab
Click Apply.
Change the options for the
currently selected tab
Select new options, and then click Set.
Set a new tab Select options, and then click New.
Clear the current settings, to
start over
Click Clear.