Re: *Permanent* Default Tab Setting

I had forgotten that there even was a setting for changing the default tab
interval. I simply set tabs where I want them and if I need greater
intervals I usually use a table rather than multiple tabs.
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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> You cannot change the default tab interval through a style; that setting
> is
> not available in Format | Style | Modify | Format: Tabs.
>
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> Suzanne S. Barnhill
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> "Charles Kenyon" <msnewsgroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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>> 1. Change the normal style to have that setting and save it as a default.
>>
>> 2. Better yet, prepare a custom document template with all styles you use
>> set for your tabs and use that template for creating new documents.
>>
>> http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm
>> http://addbalance.com/usersguide/styles.htm
>> --
>> Charles Kenyon
>>
>> Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word
>>
>> Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
>> Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide
>>
>> See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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>> "Zigmund" <Zigmund@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:AEC41EB6-2F7D-4066-8B6D-9A2679C89D4E@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > How does one set a *permanent* default tab setting? I want my tabs to
>> > be
>> > .25"
>> > (not .5") in EVERY document I create, and I do not want to have to
> change
>> > the
>> > "default" everytime each time I create a new document. Does anyone know
>> > how
>> > to accomplish this? Thanks.
>>
>>
>


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