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ALIGNMENT (BUTTONS)
Edit Paragraph Style Sheets dialog box Þ Tabs tab
The alignment buttons enable you to choose an alignment for a tab stop.
• Choose Left to align tabbed text flush left along a tab stop.
• Choose
Center to center align tabbed text along a tab stop.
• Choose
Right to align tabbed text flush right along a tab stop. To align char-
acters flush along the right indent of a column regardless of other tab stops,
place the
Text Insertion bar (I) immediately to the left of the characters and
press Option/Shift+Tab.
• Choose
Decimal to position tabbed text by aligning decimal points (periods)
along a tab stop.
• Choose Comma to align commas in tabbed text along a tab stop.
• Choose
Align On to align occurrences of a user-specified character in tabbed
text along a tab stop. The
Align On option enables you to enter this character
in the
Align On field. You can enter any printing character.
Alignment buttons
If you choose Decimal, Comma, or Align On and the text (usually a number)
does not contain a period, comma, or a specified alignment character, the text
aligns on the first non-numeric character following the text (such as a tab, space,
or carriage return).
POSITION (FIELD)
Edit Paragraph Style Sheets dialog box Þ Tabs tab
In the Position field, enter tab stops. Tab stops are measured from the Text Inset
value on the left edge of a box or column. When you enter the tab stop value
in the
Position field, the new tab stops immediately display on the tab ruler.
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Click
Set to deselect the tab stop. You can enter values for the next tab stop.
FILL CHARACTERS (FIELD)
Edit Paragraph Style Sheets dialog box Þ Tabs tab
A fill character, such as a dot leader in a table of contents, “fills” the space
between a tab character and the next tab stop.
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