{"id":729,"date":"2008-11-09T16:04:18","date_gmt":"2008-11-09T21:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alsplace.aldenbaker.com\/alsplace\/microsoft\/ms-office\/ms-word\/729\/what-to-do-when-you-can%e2%80%99t-change-the-tabs-from-word%e2%80%99s-ruler\/"},"modified":"2008-11-09T16:04:18","modified_gmt":"2008-11-09T21:04:18","slug":"what-to-do-when-you-can%e2%80%99t-change-the-tabs-from-word%e2%80%99s-ruler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alsplace.info\/?p=729","title":{"rendered":"What to do when you can\u2019t change the tabs from Word\u2019s ruler"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- ALL ADSENSE ADS DISABLED -->\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<ul class=\"postData\">\n<li><strong>Date<\/strong>: September 16th, 2008<\/li>\n<li><strong>Author<\/strong>: Mary Ann Richardson<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p> <!-- \/contentData --> <\/p>\n<p class=\"entry\" align=\"justify\"><em>If you&rsquo;re trying to format a selection of paragraphs that have different indents, Word won&rsquo;t let you set tabs for all of them using the handy ruler shortcut. Here&rsquo;s a trick for getting around this limitation.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry\" align=\"justify\">\n<hr width=\"100%\" size=\"2\" \/><\/h3>\n<p class=\"entry\" align=\"justify\">Using the ruler to add tab settings is a common practice. However, users often find that when they try to use the ruler to change the tab settings of multiple paragraphs all at once, nothing happens. For example, say you&rsquo;re formatting some text that has been copied from several documents, each with its own first-line paragraph indent settings (<strong>Figure A<\/strong>). When you select the text, all tab markers are grayed out and can&rsquo;t be changed.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"entry\" align=\"justify\">Figure A<\/h4>\n<p class=\"entry\" align=\"justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/i.techrepublic.com.com\/gallery\/219911-500-266.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"mixed text\" title=\"mixed text\" width=\"500\" height=\"266\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"entry\" align=\"justify\">Fortunately, you don&rsquo;t have to go back and change each paragraph individually. Follow these steps:<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry\" align=\"justify\">\n<ol>\n<li>&nbsp;Select the paragraphs whose tabs you want to reformat.<\/li>\n<li>Press Alt + O + T (or double-click one of the grayed-out tab markers on the ruler..<\/li>\n<li>In the Tabs dialog box (<strong>Figure B<\/strong>), click Clear All and then OK.<\/li>\n<\/ol><\/div>\n<h4 align=\"justify\">Figure B<\/h4>\n<p align=\"justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/i.techrepublic.com.com\/gallery\/219912-500-274.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"tabs\" title=\"tabs\" width=\"500\" height=\"274\" \/><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\">Click the horizontal ruler at the 1-inch marker to define the new tab setting <a href=\"http:\/\/valasevich.com\/\">cialis drug impotence<\/a>  for the selected paragraphs.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p align=\"justify\">As <strong>Figure C<\/strong> shows, all paragraphs are now indented identically.<\/p>\n<h4 align=\"justify\">Figure C<\/h4>\n<p align=\"justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/i.techrepublic.com.com\/gallery\/219913-500-284.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"indents\" title=\"indents\" width=\"500\" height=\"284\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- Social Bookmarks BEGIN -->\n<div class=\"social_bookmark\">\n<a title=\"Click me to see the sites.\" href=\"#\" onclick=\"$$('div.d729').each( function(e) { e.visualEffect('slide_down',{duration:2.5}) }); return false;\"><strong><em>Bookmark to:<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\n<br \/>\n<div class=\"d729\" style=\"overflow:hidden\">\n<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a style=\"font-size:90%;text-align: right; \" title=\"Click me to hide the sites.\" href=\"#\" onclick=\"$$('div.d729').each( function(e) { e.visualEffect('slide_up',{duration:0.5}) }); return false;\">Hide Sites<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- Social Bookmarks END -->\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">$$('div.d729').each( function(e) { e.visualEffect('slide_up',{duration:0.5}) }); <\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date: September 16th, 2008 Author: Mary Ann Richardson If you&rsquo;re trying to format a selection of paragraphs that have different indents, Word won&rsquo;t let you set tabs for all of them using the handy ruler shortcut. 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