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Using the Tab Ruler palette
The Tab Ruler palette lets you quickly set left, right, center, and decimal-point tabs in
horizontal type, and top, bottom, center, and decimal-point tabs in vertical type (up to 15
tab stops). When you set tabs, a visual tab guide appears in the selected type to help you
set them, even when the type path is rotated or wrapped. The units of measure for the
tab ruler are defined by the General units specified in the Units & Undo Preferences dialog
box (for all files) or by the units specified in the Document Setup dialog box (for the
current file).
When using the Tab Ruler for vertical type, the Tab Ruler appears in a vertical format. When
used for horizontal type, the Tab Ruler appears in a horizontal format.
To set tabs in text:

1 Do one of the following:

Select any type container or type path using a selection tool.
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Set an insertion point or select a range of text using type tools.
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2 Choose Window > Type > Tab Ruler.
3 Do one of the following:
Click the Alignment box (Windows only) at the upper right of the palette to align the
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Tab Ruler with the left margin of the selected text for horizontal type, or with the top
margin for vertical type.
Drag the Extend Tab Ruler button at the lower right of the palette to extend the ruler.
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Select Snap to snap tabs to ruler units as you drag them. You can also Ctrl-drag
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(Windows) or Command-drag (Mac OS) tabs to turn Snap on or off temporarily.
4 Click the Tab Ruler where you want the tab to appear. The tab position (relative to the
left margin of the selected horizontal text or the top margin of the vertical text) appears in
the top center of the palette.
5 Select a type tool, and click to set an insertion point in the text. Then press Tab to move
the text to the next tab.
To change an existing tab setting:
1 With the Tab Ruler palette open, click a tab mark to highlight it. Click a Tab Style button
to change the tab style:
Left-Justified Tab aligns horizontal text to the left, keeping the right margin ragged.
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Center-Justified Tab centers text on the tab mark.
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Right-Justified Tab aligns horizontal text to the right, keeping the left margin ragged.
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Bottom-Justified Tab aligns vertical text to the bottom margin, keeping the top margin
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ragged.
Decimal-Justified Tab places text in alignment with a decimal point (useful for creating
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columns of numbers).

2 Do any of the following:

To move a tab, drag it to a new position. As you drag, a line indicates where the tab is
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moving in the text.
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