Tab Settings and Paragraph Formatting

Sort Button

a button for sorting items alphabetically or numerically

Tab

a command that indents text

Ruler

a part of the word interface that resembles a ruler with measurements

Tab Stop

a setting that controls how far text will be indented when the tab key is pressed

Tab Leader

a symbol that is inserted repeatedly between tab stops to connect the words on each side of the tab

Decimal Tab Stop

a type of tab stop that aligns numbers with decimal points so that all the decimal points are lined up evenly

Center Tab Stop

a type of tab stop that aligns the center of the text with the tab stop

Left Tab Stop

a type of tab stop that aligns the left edge of the text with the tab stop

Right Tab Stop

a type of tab stop that aligns the right edge of the text with the tab stop

Bar Tab Stop

a type of tab stop that inserts a vertical bar at the tab stop

Paragraphs and pages can have...

borders and shading applied to them

Symbols, pictures, and fonts can be used as...

bullets

If you click clear all in the tabs dialog box...

custom tabs are cleared and default tabs are used

Tab leader options

dots, dashes, underscores, or none

To remove a custom tab stop

drag the tab stop off the ruler

To access the tabs dialog box..

first open the paragraph dialog box

Before turning a series into a bulleted or numbered list...

make sure each item is its own paragraph

Before formatting a paragraph...

make sure the insertion point is in the paragraph

To access the options for alphabetizing a list

on the home tab, in the paragraph group, click the sort button

Control Tab Settings on..

ruler and in the dialog box

Alignment

the way a group of text is lined up, either to the left, right, or center