lead in dots in document - what are they called?

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I am typing a doument like this:

Laura v. Frank
.................................................................... 25

What exactly do you call these dots? - so I can see exactly what to search
for in Microsoft help. I am assuming these can be automatically inserted so
that they all line up and the numbers line up at the end. Thank you.

 

[Jay Freedman]

They're called "leaders", and you set them in the Format > Tabs dialog,
where you set tab stops.

See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/SettingTabs.htm for more help.

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[Daiya Mitchell]

If you will be making a Table of Contents, see here:
http://shaunakelly.com/word/toc/CreateATOC.html