Hi Carl. I usually select the paragraph, then click in the ruler on one of the tabs (upsidedown T) and slide it where I want it. I do that for as many tabs as I need. I right click on these tabs to change the type to centre or right aligned as I need. I then type tabs with the tab key into my text before the required stop to tab it out to the positions I defined. It might not be every ones solution, but it works for me.
Steve On 04/04/2019 13:37, Carl Paulsen wrote: > I have a number of "paragraphs" of text (job listing section of a > resume) for which I'd like to add tab stops. I select the lines and > click the tab stop I want, then click in the ruler, but nothing > happens. I see no menu item to format tabs, though I did stumble into > one dialog box with Tabs that required manual setting and it was > unclear just where those tabs would be applied. In any case, I can't > find that any more. > > In the help document > (https://help.libreoffice.org/Common/Inserting_and_Editing_Tab_Stops) > it says for changing one or more paragraphs: "Select the paragraphs, > then click inside the ruler." That is most definitely not working. > Finally, if I clear all formatting, I get the default tab stops and > could re-format the entire section that way. But that's a bit of work > given all the formatting I'd lose. > > What do I do to quickly and simply edit tab stops, and why is it so > difficult in LO? > > FYI I find the Styles aspect of LibreOffice to be entirely unintuitive > and I've never been able to work with them. I realize that should be > a goal but it's not possible in my current timeline. > > Thank you! > > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
