Re: Setting up Tabs and Indentation to write programs in Word.

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Create a style in which you have the paragraph formatted with tabs and
indents that meet your requirements. You will also need to define the font
used by the style to a non-proportional spaced font (such as Courier New)

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"Anand" <aanandgAThotmail.nospam.com> wrote in message
news:C8BE0B10-C09F-4335-B5F0-92E5470CC852@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi,
>
> Is it possible to set up a style that is convenient for writing programs
> in
> MS Word ? In particular, I have two requirements not satisfied by the
> "Plain
> Text" style:
> 1) I want the tab key to correspond to 4 spaces
> 2) When say enter from a given line, the cursor should position itself
> where
> the previous line started, with spaces upto that point. To understand my
> context, the code I want to type out is going to look like this:
> FunctionName() {
> Line1();
> Line2();
> }
>
> Any help or pointers most appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Anand.


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