Add tabs and indents
You can modify existing tab stops by changing their alignment. You can also add trailing leader characters, so that dots, or other characters, automatically precede the tab stops. In addition, you can add new tab stops and remove existing tab stops.
Indenting changes the space between a text frame and the text that it contains. You can add and remove indents without deleting or retyping text. You can indent an entire paragraph, the first line of a paragraph, or all lines of a paragraph except the first line (a hanging indent). You can also indent from the right side of the text frame.
To modify a tab stop
1
Click
Window 
Docker Properties.
2
In the
Properties docker, click the
Paragraph button
to display the paragraph-related options.
3
In the
Paragraph area of the
Properties docker, click the arrow button
located at the bottom of
Paragraph area to display additional options.
4
Click the
Tab settings button.
5
In the
Tab Settings dialog box, perform a task from the following table.
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Change the alignment of tab stops |
Click the cell in the Alignment column, and choose an alignment option from the list box. |
Set tab stops with trailing leader characters |
Click the cell in the Leaders column, and choose On from the list box. |
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Click the cell, and click Remove. |
Change the default leader character |
Click Leader Options, open the Character picker, and click a character. |
Change the default leader spacing |
Click Leader Options, and type a value in the Spacing box. |
You can also add, move, or delete tab stops on the horizontal ruler at the top of the drawing window. Click to add a tab stop, drag a tab marker to move it, and drag a tab marker off the ruler to delete it. For information about rulers, see Rulers.
To add a tab stop
1
Using the
Text tool
, select the
paragraph text.
2
Click
Window Dockers Properties.
3
In the
Properties docker, click the
Paragraph button
to display the paragraph-related options.
4
In the
Paragraph area of the
Properties docker, click the arrow button
located at the bottom of
Paragraph area to display additional options.
5
Click the
Tab settings button
.
7
Click the new cell in the
Tabs column, and type a value.
To indent paragraph text
1
Using the
Text tool
, select the
paragraph text.
2
Click
Window Dockers Properties.
3
In the
Properties docker, click the
Paragraph button
to display the paragraph-related options.
4
In the
Paragraph area of the
Properties docker, type values in the following boxes:
•
First line indent — indents the first line of text relative to the left side of the frame
•
Left line indent — creates a hanging indent relative to the left side of the text frame; all lines, except the first line, are indented
•
Right line indent — indents the text relative to the right side of the frame
You can remove indents by typing 0 in the First line indent, Left line indent, and Right line indent boxes.
You can indent an entire paragraph by typing the same value in both the First line indent and the Left line indent boxes.