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Repeat tabs, Move, delete, and edit tab settings, Move a tab setting

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USING INCOPY CS4 207 Typography Repeat tabs The Repeat Tab command creates multiple tabs based on the distance between the tab and the left indent or the previous tab stop. 1 Click an insertion point in the paragraph. 2 In the Tabs panel, select a tab stop on the ruler. 3 Choose Repeat Tab from the panel menu. C A B Repeated tabs A. Tab-alignment buttons B. Tab stop on the ruler C. Panel menu Move, delete, and edit tab settings Use the Tabs dialog box to move, delete, and edit tab settings. Move a tab setting 1 Using the Type tool , click an insertion point in the paragraph. 2 In the Tabs dialog box, select a tab on the tab ruler. 3 Do one of the following: • Type a new location for X and press Enter or Return. • Drag the tab to a new location. Delete a tab setting 1 Click an insertion point in the paragraph. 2 Do one of the following: • Drag the tab off the tab ruler. • Select the tab, and choose Delete Tab from the panel menu. • To return to the default tab stops, choose Clear All from the panel menu. Change a tab from one alignment to another 1 In the Tabs dialog box, select a tab on the tab ruler. 2 Click a tab-alignment button. You can also hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) while clicking the tab setting to cycle through the four alignment options. Specify characters for decimal tabs You use decimal tabs to align text with a character you specify, such as a period or a dollar sign. 1 In the Tabs panel, create or select a decimal tab on the tab ruler. Updated 29 April 2009

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USING INCOPY CS4
Typography
Repeat tabs
The Repeat Tab command creates multiple tabs based on the distance between the tab and the left indent or the
previous tab stop.
1
Click an insertion point in the paragraph.
2
In the Tabs panel, select a tab stop on the ruler.
3
Choose Repeat Tab from the panel menu.
Repeated tabs
A.
Tab-alignment buttons
B.
Tab stop on the ruler
C.
Panel menu
Move, delete, and edit tab settings
Use the Tabs dialog box to move, delete, and edit tab settings.
Move a tab setting
1
Using the Type tool
, click an insertion point in the paragraph.
2
In the Tabs dialog box, select a tab on the tab ruler.
3
Do one of the following:
Type a new location for X and press Enter or Return.
Drag the tab to a new location.
Delete a tab setting
1
Click an insertion point in the paragraph.
2
Do one of the following:
Drag the tab off the tab ruler.
Select the tab, and choose Delete Tab from the panel menu.
To return to the default tab stops, choose Clear All from the panel menu.
Change a tab from one alignment to another
1
In the Tabs dialog box, select a tab on the tab ruler.
2
Click a tab-alignment button.
You can also hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac
OS) while clicking the tab setting to cycle through the four
alignment options.
Specify characters for decimal tabs
You use decimal tabs to align text with a character you specify, such as a period or a dollar sign.
1
In the Tabs panel, create or select a decimal tab
on the tab ruler.
C
B
A
Updated 29 April 2009