Don't even know how to word the question! 8-)

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I want to be able to:

Bob................................................Guest

With the above, I want to be able to set the tab on the right to type in the
word and have the space in between fill with dots (periods). Can that be
done. If so, how?
 
Hi Chugwate,

What you want is tab leader dots with right-aligned tabs. See under Format|Tabs.
 
Don't mean to be dense (I've been using Word for years), but where exactly is
Format/Tabs in Word '07? I can't find it. Thanks
 
Technically, you can get there by going through the Paragraph dialog -- but
don't do it! There's a bug lurking in that pathway. Instead, use the old
keyboard accelerator sequence Alt+O, T to go directly to the Tabs dialog.

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Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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Thanks for the reminder, Jay, as I'm just starting to get into this. Is
there NO other safe way to access that dialog? What about double-clicking a
tab on the ruler; does that still trigger the bug?
 
Thanks to the "steel sieve", I can't remember now exactly what the bug does
(something about overwriting the definition of the paragraph style setting in
the Normal template with whatever is in the Paragraph dialog). Double-clicking
the ruler is probably safe, but I'm not sure.

Ask Beth; she's the one who told me about it. I'd look it up on Google Groups,
but they're in one of their "can't find anything" moods. :-(

-- Jay

Thanks for the reminder, Jay, as I'm just starting to get into this. Is
there NO other safe way to access that dialog? What about double-clicking a
tab on the ruler; does that still trigger the bug?
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Hey, at least you remembered that there WAS a bug. I remembered it after you
mentioned it, but I don't quite remember what it is, either. Since clicking
a tab stop goes directly to the Tabs dialog without going through Paragraph,
it probably is safe.
 
Hi Jay,

The bug that Beth mentioned is that going through the paragraph dialog to change the tabs:
"the current settings in the Paragraph dialog box are set as the document defaults for the attached template, usually Normal.dotM

I addition to using the Alt, O, T keyboard shortcut, double clicking on the ruler will also bring up the dialog (of course it will
usually also add a tab <g>)

I haven't checked, but I don't think that was fixed in Service Pack 1.

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Thanks to the "steel sieve", I can't remember now exactly what the bug does
(something about overwriting the definition of the paragraph style setting in
the Normal template with whatever is in the Paragraph dialog). Double-clicking
the ruler is probably safe, but I'm not sure.

Ask Beth; she's the one who told me about it. I'd look it up on Google Groups,
but they're in one of their "can't find anything" moods. :-(

-- Jay <<
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Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*
 
I've never been successful in bringing up the Tabs dialog from the ruler
without adding a tab, but if there's one already there and you double-click
on it carefully, you can usually succeed in not adding another one, at
least!
 

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