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Word Processing Tips: Isn't That Special? Paste Without Formatting

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Quick Tab Options

You can install a tab stop and choose its characteristics in one operation. (If the horizontal ruler isn't visible, choose View, Ruler in Word or WordPerfect.)

Word 97 and 2000: To set a new tab stop and tab options, double-click where you want the tab to be (use the lower portion of the ruler). This displays the Tabs dialog box. Choose an Alignment and a Leader (if desired), adjust the "Tab stop position", and click OK.

To modify the settings of an existing tab stop, move the mouse pointer over the tab marker on the ruler and wait to see a box identifying the tab type. Then, in Word 97, double-right-click to display the Tabs dialog box. In Word 2000, double-click with either mouse button. To remove an existing tab, position the mouse pointer over the tab marker on the ruler, then click and drag the marker off the ruler and onto the document window.

WordPerfect 8 and 9: To set a new tab stop, right-click anywhere in the tab area of the ruler, pick the type of tab you want from the context menu, and click where you want the tab stop to appear. To modify an existing tab, right-click to set a new tab type as described above, and click the tab. To remove a tab stop, click and drag it off the ruler and onto the document window.

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