UNSTABLE TABS

[Southern gal living up north]

i HAVE A SIMILAR PROBLEM TO FLAMESTAR WITH UNSTABLE TABS. I'm using the
preset tabs in a document of 200 pages with a number of different tab stops
on each page. When I hit the tab, it may stop at the correct spot, or it may
stop a space or two before the spot or after the spot. When it does this, it
doesn't matter how many times I go back to the margin, hitting the tab again,
it will still go to the wrong place. I end up using the spacebar to get
there. What is wrong? I'm using 2003, student edition.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Have you verified that you have tab stops set for the correct position in
the paragraph at the insertion point? It's easy to ascertain this from the
ruler.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Southern gal living up north"

 

[Southern gal living up north]

Probably not, didn't know I need to do that since I'm not changing anything,
just using the default ones. I'm not sure I understand why they would stop
at difference points though??
--
Southern gal living up north

Have you verified that you have tab stops set for the correct position in
the paragraph at the insertion point? It's easy to ascertain this from the
ruler.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Southern gal living up north"

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Custom tab stops override the built-in ones. If there are custom tab stops
in the paragraph in question, that might be why you're not getting the
behavior you expect. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/SettingTabs.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Southern gal living up north"

Probably not, didn't know I need to do that since I'm not changing
anything,
just using the default ones. I'm not sure I understand why they would
stop
at difference points though??