*Permanent* Default Tab Setting

[Guest]

How does one set a *permanent* default tab setting? I want my tabs to be .25"
(not .5") in EVERY document I create, and I do not want to have to change the
"default" everytime each time I create a new document. Does anyone know how
to accomplish this? Thanks.

 

[Charles Kenyon]

1. Change the normal style to have that setting and save it as a default.

2. Better yet, prepare a custom document template with all styles you use
set for your tabs and use that template for creating new documents.

http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm
http://addbalance.com/usersguide/styles.htm
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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Open Normal.dot and set the default interval there. For tips on finding
Normal.dot, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/BlankDocNotBlank.htm

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You cannot change the default tab interval through a style; that setting is
not available in Format | Style | Modify | Format: Tabs.

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[Charles Kenyon]

I had forgotten that there even was a setting for changing the default tab
interval. I simply set tabs where I want them and if I need greater
intervals I usually use a table rather than multiple tabs.
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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Me, too. But sometimes users want .8" intervals for coding or some other
special requirement.

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[Stefan Blom]

When you modify the default tab stops, the changes apply to the
current file, only. You can change the default tab stops for a
template, assuming that you open the document as a template (via
File>Open), and then it will affect all documents created from
that template. Note, however, that it is much better to create a
style with custom tab stops than to modify the default tab stops.
For more information, see:
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/SettingTabs.htm.