Types of Tab Stops
A tab stop is a horizontal position which is set for placing and aligning text on a page. There are at least five kinds of tab stops in general usage in word processing.
- Left
- text extends to the right from the tab stop.
- Center
- text is centered at the tab stop.
- Right
- text extends to the left from the tab stop until the tab's space is filled, and then the text extends to the right.
- Decimal
- text before the decimal point extends to the left, and text after the decimal point extends to the right.
- Bar
- a vertical line at the specified position on each line in a document.
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