Your logic is impeccable if the text were wrapping naturally, but once you
insert a line break, then you're starting from scratch, as it were. To
complicate matters, in Word you can set a tab stop outside the right margin;
in WordPerfect, IIRC, if you insert a tab character at the end of a line, it
wraps to the next line instead.
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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"TF" <terryfarrell%40%6d%73%6e%2ecom> wrote in message
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> I know this sounds stupid, but I thought that setting the tab, say for 6"
> would only work on the first line, because on the following line it is
miles
> past that point and won't work again until the paragraph is reset. But
> thinking about this logically, it was a stupid thought! And I don't know
why
> I thought that in the first place.
>
> Terry
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Um, Terry, the whole idea of paragraph formatting is that it applies to
> > the
> > whole paragraph. So if you set a tab in a paragraph, it's good for the
> > whole
> > thing.
> >
> > --
> > Suzanne S. Barnhill
> > Microsoft MVP (Word)
> > Words into Type
> > Fairhope, Alabama USA
> > Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
> > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup
> > so
> > all may benefit.
> >
> > "TF" <terryfarrell%40%6d%73%6e%2ecom> wrote in message
> > news:%239eH$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> You learn something new everyday! I've tried this and it does work as
> >> described. I always thought that the tab settings wouldn't repeat for
> >> successive lines, so I have always used paragraph breaks on these
> > occasions.
> >>
> >> Terry
> >>
> >> "Ed Mullikin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> news:IzmLg.42754$ok5.2327@dukeread01...
> >> >I agree with Suzanne. I have done this MANY times using a manual line
> >> >break and it worked flawlessly. This is a 32 page newsletter and I've
> > used
> >> >this method several times in this same issue, once for five pages.
But,
> > it
> >> >certainly did not work this one instance. On the printed page three
of
> > the
> >> >lines have normal leader dots at the bottom of the line. On five of
the
> >> >lines, the leader dots are much lighter and appear about 3/4 the way
up
> > on
> >> >the capital letters that I am using.
> >> >
> >> > "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> > news:%23v$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> >>> Each line needs to be ended in Paragraph mark and not a line break.
> >> >>
> >> >> I don't see what that would have to do with it; there's no reason
you
> >> >> can't
> >> >> create this format in a single paragraph (in fact, I have just done
so
> > in
> >> >> a
> >> >> document I'm working on, and it worked fine), and if it's a single
> >> >> paragraph, then the tab leader should be consistent for every line
> >> >> (not
> >> >> periods on some lines and hyphens on others).
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> >> >> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> >> >> Words into Type
> >> >> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> >> >> Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
> >> >> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
> > newsgroup
> >> >> so
> >> >> all may benefit.
> >> >>
> >> >> "TF" <terryfarrell%40%6d%73%6e%2ecom> wrote in message
> >> >> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> >>> Each line needs to be ended in Paragraph mark and not a line break.
> >> >>> So
> >> >> enter
> >> >>> a committee position, TAB and committee name (or vice versa),
Enter,
> >> >>> each
> >> >> on
> >> >>> a separate line. You should now have 8 paragraph all on separate
> > lines.
> >> >> Then
> >> >>> select all the lines and use Format, Tabs to set the Tab Leader
left
> >> >> aligned
> >> >>> to the point where you want the alignment.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> --
> >> >>> Terry Farrell - Word MVP
> >> >>> http://word.mvps.org/
> >> >>>
> >> >>> "Ed Mullikin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> >>> news:gFhLg.42748$ok5.411@dukeread01...
> >> >>> >I had about eight names and eight committee positions to list on
> >> >> successive
> >> >>> >lines in a Word document. I used the manual line break after each
> > one
> >> >>> >so
> >> >>> >that I would have only one paragraph format, if that makes any
> >> >>> >sense.
> >> >>> >I
> >> >>> >selected the leader with the lower row of dots. Half of the names
> >> >>> >tabbed
> >> >>> >to the committee position with the midlevel dots and half with the
> >> >>> >lower
> >> >>> >level dots. If I went back to the tab set function and used no
> > leader
> >> >> all
> >> >>> >the dots disappeared so I know it was one paragraph. What gives?
I
> >> >>> >put
> >> >> in
> >> >>> >a footnote saying that I didn't know the cause or they would have
> >> >>> >thought
> >> >>> >me careless.
> >> >>> >
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
>
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