You can also place the cursor in the paragraph, right-click with your mouse, and chose Paragraph.Īs seen below in the Paragraph window, under the Indentation section, the left and right indent settings can be adjusted. To view this window, double-click the markers in the ruler, click Format and then Paragraph. Changing indents in the Paragraph windowĪnother way to adjust the indents is to view the Paragraph settings. Note: To clear a tab stop, drag the tab marker down from the horizontal ruler.If a large indent is created when pressing the Tab and adjusting the indent on the Ruler doesn't work, adjust the Left Tab Stop in the Ruler.

Pressing Ctrl + Tab, Word positions the cursor at that tab stop within the cell. Pressing the tab key in a table, Word positions the cursor in the next cell.

Click the horizontal ruler where you want to set the tab stop.

(When you use this type of tab stop, you must align the numbers around a decimal character.Ī Bar Tab places a solid vertical line through selected text. Without regard to the number of digits, the decimal point remains in the same position. As you type, the text fills toward the leftĪ Decimal Tab stop aligns numbers around a decimal point. As you type, the text centres on this position.Ī Right Tab stop sets the right end of the text line. As you type, the text fills toward the right.Ī Centre Tab stop sets the position at the middle of the text line.

Select one of the following types of tabs:Ī Left tab stop sets the left end of the text line.

Click Left Tab at the left end of the horizontal ruler until it changes to display the type of tab you want.

Select the cells in which you want to set a tab stop.

When you set a tab stop in a document, a corresponding tab stop marker appears on the horizontal ruler at the top of the window. To specify other tab locations, you can set your own tab stops.

It is better to set the tabs in the table before entering any data but if your text is already entered, then the procedure is the same.īy default, tab stops in Word are set at 1.27cm intervals. You can align entries in a table by setting tab stops.

Word set tab stops