Tabs
Tabs are special symbols that can be used for lining up text or numbers in tables, or for aligning text to a specific location in the document.
The width of each particular tab symbol depends on the position of this symbol within a paragraph line and the Tab Settings of the paragraph.
The Tab Settings include the following.
- Default Tab Position width.
Note that this characteristic is not a characteristic of only selected paragraphs. This characteristic is global for the whole document, and consequently for all the paragraphs of this document.
- Custom Tab Positions (or simply Tab Positions).
Default Tab Positions are displayed on the Ruler as small marks.

The distance between each two consecutive marks is the same (equals to the Default Tab Position width).
Custom Tab Positions are displayed in the Ruler Core.

Each Custom Tab Position has the following characteristics.
- Alignment. Might be one of the following:
- Left.
Left aligned tabs align the left edge of the text to the tab.

- Right.
Right aligned tabs align the right edge of the text to the tab.

- Center.
Center aligned tabs align the center of the text to the tab.

- Decimal.
Decimal aligned tabs align the decimal point to the tab.

- Bar.
Bar Tab Positions do not affect any tab characters. Each Bar Tab Position causes a vertical line be displayed through the all paragraph lines.

- Leader Character (or simply Leader).
This character is used to fill all the space of the tab character.

You can adjust the Tab Settings for the selected paragraphs through the Format | Tabs... command.
You can also use the Ruler for the same purposes.
- Click the Ruler Core to add new tab positions to the Tab Settings of the selected paragraphs.
- Capture the desired tab position on the Ruler and drag it to another location to change the value of this tab position (by dragging a tab position outside of the Ruler, you completely remove this tab position from the Tab Settings of the selected paragraphs).