Step 2 − Select a tab type using the Tab button assume the center tab and finally select the paragraph or paragraphs the tabs of which you want to set. Press the Tab key only once between each column of information you to want to line up.
Step 1 − Type some text that you want to line up with the tab stops. You can use similar steps but different tabs to set up decimal and bar tabs. Left-aligns text at tab stop and this is the default tab.Īligns numbers at decimal point over tab stop.įollowing are the simple steps to set the center and the right tabs in a Word document. 5 inch across the page between the left and right margins. Word enables you to set left, center, right, decimal, or bar tabs to line up columnar information. Microsoft Word tabs help in setting up information properly within a column.
In this chapter, we will discuss how to set tabs in Word 2010.