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34*cdf0e10cSrcweir<meta>
35*cdf0e10cSrcweir<topic id="textshared0105030300xml" indexer="include">
36*cdf0e10cSrcweir<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Tabs</title>
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41*cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="tabulator">
42*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3156027"><bookmark_value>formats; tabulators</bookmark_value>
43*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>fill characters with tabulators</bookmark_value>
44*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>tab stops;settings</bookmark_value>
45*cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark>
46*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/CUI_HID_TABULATOR" id="bm_id3153311" localize="false"/>
47*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156027" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/shared/01/05030300.xhp" name="Tabs">Tabs</link></paragraph>
48*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153577" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2"><ahelp hid="HID_TABULATOR">Set the position of a tab stop in a paragraph.</ahelp></paragraph>
49*cdf0e10cSrcweir</section>
50*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147653" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="40">If you want, you can also use the ruler to set the tab positions.</paragraph>
51*cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="howtoget">
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53*cdf0e10cSrcweir</section>
54*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/cui:MetricBox:RID_SVXPAGE_TABULATOR:ED_TABPOS" id="bm_id3155390" localize="false"/>
55*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154897" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Position</paragraph>
56*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153331" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4"><ahelp hid="SVX:METRICBOX:RID_SVXPAGE_TABULATOR:ED_TABPOS">Select a tab stop type, enter a new measurement, and then click <emph>New</emph>. If you want, you can also specify the measurement units to use for the tab (cm for centimeter, or " for inches). Existing tabs to the left of the first tab that you set are removed.</ahelp></paragraph>
57*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3155180" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="9">Type</paragraph>
58*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149514" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">Select the type of tab stop that you want to modify.</paragraph>
59*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/cui:RadioButton:RID_SVXPAGE_TABULATOR:BTN_TABTYPE_LEFT" id="bm_id3153321" localize="false"/>
60*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3157910" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="11">Left</paragraph>
61*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146847" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="41">The name of this tab stop is <emph>Left/Top</emph> if Asian language support is enabled.</paragraph>
62*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153698" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12"><ahelp hid="SVX:RADIOBUTTON:RID_SVXPAGE_TABULATOR:BTN_TABTYPE_LEFT">Aligns the left edge of the text to the tab stop and extends the text to the right.</ahelp></paragraph>
63*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/cui:RadioButton:RID_SVXPAGE_TABULATOR:BTN_TABTYPE_RIGHT" id="bm_id3159269" localize="false"/>
64*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149763" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="13">Right</paragraph>
65*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148491" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="42">This name of this tab stop is <emph>Right/Bottom</emph> if Asian language support is enabled.</paragraph>
66*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151384" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14"><ahelp hid="SVX:RADIOBUTTON:RID_SVXPAGE_TABULATOR:BTN_TABTYPE_RIGHT">Aligns the right edge of the text to the tab stop and extends the text to the left of the tab stop.</ahelp></paragraph>
67*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/cui:RadioButton:RID_SVXPAGE_TABULATOR:BTN_TABTYPE_CENTER" id="bm_id3152474" localize="false"/>
68*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153628" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="15">Center</paragraph>
69*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154347" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16"><ahelp hid="SVX:RADIOBUTTON:RID_SVXPAGE_TABULATOR:BTN_TABTYPE_CENTER">Aligns the center of the text to the tab stop.</ahelp></paragraph>
70*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/cui:RadioButton:RID_SVXPAGE_TABULATOR:BTN_TABTYPE_DECIMAL" id="bm_id3149295" localize="false"/>
71*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148552" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="17">Decimal</paragraph>
72*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3144422" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18"><ahelp hid="SVX:RADIOBUTTON:RID_SVXPAGE_TABULATOR:BTN_TABTYPE_DECIMAL">Aligns the decimal point of a number to the center of the tab stop and text to the left of the tab.</ahelp></paragraph>
73*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154388" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="19"><switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="WIN">The character that is used as a decimal separator depends on the regional setting of your operating system.
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75*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/cui:Edit:RID_SVXPAGE_TABULATOR:ED_TABTYPE_DECCHAR" id="bm_id3150791" localize="false"/>
76*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153380" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="20">Character</paragraph>
77*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153778" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21"><ahelp hid="SVX:EDIT:RID_SVXPAGE_TABULATOR:ED_TABTYPE_DECCHAR">Enter a character that you want the decimal tab to use as a decimal separator.</ahelp></paragraph>
78*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3159151" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="22">Fill Character</paragraph>
79*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154153" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="23">Specify the characters to use as leader to the left of the tab stop.</paragraph>
80*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/cui:RadioButton:RID_SVXPAGE_TABULATOR:BTN_FILLCHAR_NO" id="bm_id3151178" localize="false"/>
81*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3144760" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="24">None</paragraph>
82*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3143231" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="25"><ahelp hid="SVX:RADIOBUTTON:RID_SVXPAGE_TABULATOR:BTN_FILLCHAR_NO">Inserts no fill characters, or removes existing fill characters to the left of the tab stop.</ahelp></paragraph>
83*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/cui:RadioButton:RID_SVXPAGE_TABULATOR:BTN_FILLCHAR_POINTS" id="bm_id3150742" localize="false"/>
84*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3152933" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="26">.......</paragraph>
85*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153192" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="27"><ahelp hid="SVX:RADIOBUTTON:RID_SVXPAGE_TABULATOR:BTN_FILLCHAR_POINTS">Fills the empty space to the left of the tab stop with dots.</ahelp></paragraph>
86*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/cui:RadioButton:RID_SVXPAGE_TABULATOR:BTN_FILLCHAR_DASHLINE" id="bm_id3156424" localize="false"/>
87*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156280" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="28">------</paragraph>
88*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156212" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="29"><ahelp hid="SVX:RADIOBUTTON:RID_SVXPAGE_TABULATOR:BTN_FILLCHAR_DASHLINE">Fills the empty space to the left of the tab stop with dashes.</ahelp></paragraph>
89*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/cui:RadioButton:RID_SVXPAGE_TABULATOR:BTN_FILLCHAR_UNDERSCORE" id="bm_id3150767" localize="false"/>
90*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3157960" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="30">______</paragraph>
91*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151043" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="31"><ahelp hid="SVX:RADIOBUTTON:RID_SVXPAGE_TABULATOR:BTN_FILLCHAR_UNDERSCORE">Draws a line to fill the empty space to the left of the tab stop.</ahelp></paragraph>
92*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/cui:RadioButton:RID_SVXPAGE_TABULATOR:BTN_FILLCHAR_OTHER" id="bm_id3153057" localize="false"/>
93*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/cui:Edit:RID_SVXPAGE_TABULATOR:ED_FILLCHAR_OTHER" id="bm_id3151116" localize="false"/>
94*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153770" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="32">Character</paragraph>
95*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150441" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="33"><ahelp hid="SVX:RADIOBUTTON:RID_SVXPAGE_TABULATOR:BTN_FILLCHAR_OTHER">Allows you to specify a character to fill the empty space to the left of the tab stop.</ahelp></paragraph>
96*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/cui:PushButton:RID_SVXPAGE_TABULATOR:BTN_NEW" id="bm_id3156105" localize="false"/>
97*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3152596" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="36">New</paragraph>
98*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3163717" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="37"><ahelp hid="SVX:PUSHBUTTON:RID_SVXPAGE_TABULATOR:BTN_NEW">Adds the tab stop that you defined to the current paragraph.</ahelp></paragraph>
99*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/cui:PushButton:RID_SVXPAGE_TABULATOR:BTN_DELALL" id="bm_id3153573" localize="false"/>
100*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153945" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="38">Clear All</paragraph>
101*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145660" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="39"><ahelp hid="SVX:PUSHBUTTON:RID_SVXPAGE_TABULATOR:BTN_DELALL">Removes all of the tab stops that you defined under <emph>Position</emph>. Sets <emph>Left</emph> tab stops at regular intervals as the default tab stops.</ahelp></paragraph>
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103*cdf0e10cSrcweir</body>
104*cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument>
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