Highlighted to indicate non-printing formatting characters are displayed. Click here to hide these characters.
To display non-printing formatting characters that indicate paragraph marks (¶) and tab marks (◊), click here.
Highlighted to indicate selected paragraph(s) are justified.
Highlighted to indicate selected item(s) are aligned with the right indent marker.
Highlighted to indicate selected item(s) are centered between the left and right indent markers.
Highlighted to indicate selected item(s) are aligned with the left indent marker.
To justify the text of the selected paragraph(s), click here.
To align the selected item(s) flush with the right indent marker, click here.
To center the selected item(s) between the left and right indent markers, click here.
To align the selected item(s) flush with the left indent marker, click here.
To add a decimal tab stop, click here and drag the marker to the ruler. Decimal tab stops align tabbed numbers to their decimal points.
To add a right tab stop, click here and drag the marker to the ruler.
To add a center tab stop, click here and drag the marker to the ruler.
To add a left tab stop, click here and drag the marker to the ruler.
Decimal tab stop
Drag to change the tab position or drag it off the ruler to remove the tab.
Right tab stop
Drag to change the tab position or drag it off the ruler to remove the tab.
Center tab stop
Drag to change the tab position or drag it off the ruler to remove the tab.
Left tab stop
Drag to change the tab position or drag it off the ruler to remove the tab.
Right indent marker
Drag to change the right indentation of the selected item(s).
Left indent marker
Drag to change the left indentation of the selected item(s).
First line indent marker
Drag to change the first line indentation of the selected paragraphs(s). Drag this marker to the left of the left indent marker to create a “hanging” indent.
Column marker
Drag to change the width of a table column.
Formatting ruler
Use it to set tabs and paragraph indentations, justify paragraphs and modify tables.