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  30.    <p class="Head1"><help:key-word value="tab stops; setting with the mouse" tag="kw68262_10" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="paragraphs; setting tab stops in" tag="kw68262_1" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="text; setting tab stops in" tag="kw68262_9" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="default tab stops; text" tag="kw68262_8" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="editing; tab stops" tag="kw68262_7" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="decimal tab stops; inserting" tag="kw68262_6" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:to-be-embedded Eid="tabs" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:link Id="68262">Inserting and Editing Tab Stops</help:link></help:to-be-embedded></p>
  31.    <p class="Paragraph">You set a tab stop by clicking on the ruler. Alternatively, you can set tab stops by choosing <span class="T1">Format - Paragraph</span>. Both methods affect the current paragraph or all selected paragraphs.</p>
  32.    <p class="Paragraph">Note: To assign tabs directly to a current Paragraph Style, open the context menu of that paragraph and choose <span class="T1">Edit Paragraph Style</span> to call the <span class="T1">Paragraph Style</span> dialog where you then enter the tabs.</p>
  33.    <p class="Paragraph">Click the ruler once to set a left-justified tab. Right-click a tab icon on the ruler to see the context menu in which you can change the tab type.</p>
  34.    <p class="Paragraph">To set several decimal tabs one after the other, keep clicking the icon to the left of the ruler until the desired tab type is shown, then click on the ruler.</p>
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  36.        <p class="TableHead">Selection</p>
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  38.        <p class="TableHead">Description:</p>
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  41.      </span></td><td class="Tabelle1B2" style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1B">
  42.       <p class="TextInTable">Setting left tabs</p>
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  45.      </span></td><td class="Tabelle1B2" style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1B">
  46.       <p class="TextInTable">Setting right tabs</p>
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  49.      </span></td><td class="Tabelle1B2" style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1B">
  50.       <p class="TextInTable">Setting decimal tabs</p>
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  53.      </span></td><td class="Tabelle1B2" style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1B">
  54.       <p class="TextInTable">Setting centered tabs</p>
  55.      </span></td></tr></table>
  56.    <p class="Paragraph"/>
  57.    <p class="Paragraph">Double-click the ruler to open the <help:link Id="65713" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><span class="T1">Paragraph</span></help:link> dialog.</p>
  58.    <p class="Paragraph">Double-click the white area of the ruler to set one tab. The <span class="T1">Paragraph</span> dialog appears with the <span class="T1">Tabs</span> tab page.</p>
  59.    <p class="Head3">Moving Tabs on the Ruler</p>
  60.    <ul class="L1">
  61.     <li class="">
  62.      <p class="P2">Move individual tab stops on the ruler using the mouse.</p>
  63.     </li>
  64.     <li class="">
  65.      <p class="P2">To move several tab stops on the ruler, press the Shift key before you click a tab. Drag one tab while continuing to press Shift to move that tab as well as all the tabs to the right of it. The spacing between those tabs remains the same.</p>
  66.     </li>
  67.     <li class="">
  68.      <p class="P2">Press <help:switch select="System" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="MAC">Command</help:case><help:default>Ctrl</help:default></help:switch> instead of Shift when you drag a tab on the ruler to move that tab and all the tabs to the right of it. This results in the spacing between those tabs changing proportionally to their distance from the margin.</p>
  69.     </li>
  70.    </ul>
  71.    <p class="Head3">Changing the Properties of Tabs</p>
  72.    <p class="Paragraph">To change tab type, click the tab you want to change on the ruler, then open the context menu.</p>
  73.    <p class="Head3">Deleting Tabs</p>
  74.    <p class="Paragraph">Deleting a tab with the mouse is easy. <text:s text:c="" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text"/>Simply hold down the mouse button while you drag the tab outside the ruler.</p>
  75.    <p class="Head3">Changing the Defaults</p>
  76.    <p class="Paragraph"><help:key-word value="default tab stops; default settings" tag="kw68262_5" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>If you want to change the settings of your default tab stops, you will find further information under <help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="WRITER"> <help:link Id="66219">Tools - Options - Text Document - General</help:link></help:case><help:case select="CALC"><help:link Id="66233">Tools - Options - Spreadsheet - General</help:link></help:case><help:case select="DRAW"><help:link Id="66275">Tools - Options - Drawing - General</help:link></help:case><help:case select="IMPRESS"><help:link Id="66275">Tools - Options - Presentation - General</help:link></help:case></help:switch>.</p>
  77.    <p class="Paragraph"><help:key-word value="rulers; default settings" tag="kw68262_4" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="rulers; measurement units" tag="kw68262_3" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="measurement units; rulers" tag="kw68262_2" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>The <help:popup Id="65630" Eid="kontextmenue" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Context Menu</help:popup> of the ruler toolbar allows you to change the displayed units to centimeters, inches, point, pica etc. These changes are only valid until you exit <help:productname xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname>, and they only apply to the ruler on whose context menu you made the change. If you want to change the ruler measurement units permanently, choose <span class="T1">Tools - Options - Text Document - General</span> and change the measurement unit there.</p>
  78.    <p class="ParaList"><help:embedded Id="65598" Eid="related" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/></p>
  79.    <p class="ParaList"><help:link Id="67570" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Ruler</help:link></p>
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