1. East Clarendon Middle-High School Document Processing
Using Tabs
East Clarendon Middle-High School
Document Processing

2. Standards D: Keyboarding Mastery F: Document Formatting
D1: use correct fingering and proper technique to key alphanumeric information
F: Document Formatting
F3: Format and key text & numbers using the tab key.

3. Objective
TSWBAT: Set tabs using the horizontal ruler or dialogue box

4. Agenda Warm-up Quiz Complete Table of Content Types of Tabs
Setting Tabs using horizontal ruler or dialogue box
Keying Activity

5. Tabs
A Tab is the jump your cursor makes from one position to another when you press the tab key on your keyboard.
Tabs are a paragraph-formatting features used to align words, whole numbers, and numbers with decimals

6. Where to find tabs This is where your tabs can be located
Click once to change your tab. Select from the different types of tabs for your purpose.

7. Types of tabs
The first thing we need to know are the types of tabs.

8. Left Tab: Words

9. Right Tab: Whole Numbers

10. Center Tab: Center Content

11. Decimal Tab: Numbers w/decimals

12. This example shows the use of a left tab.
Notice how the words are aligned to the left side of the word.

13. This example shows the use of a Right Tab.
Notice how the words are aligned on the right side of the word.

14. This example shows the use of a Center Tab.
Notice the Words are aligned in the middle of the word.

15. This slide demonstrates a Decimal Tab.
Notice how the decimals are lined up in the last row.

16. This shows how all tabs have been used together.

17. Place Cursor on Gray Bar and left click to place a tab.

18. Steps to creating a tab.
Tabs can be set by clicking on the tab indicator located at the top left where the horizontal and vertical ruler intersect
Click the tab indicator to select desired tab and click on ruler to set tab.

20. Tab Dialogue Box Appears on screen.

21. Type Tab stop position and alignment and click set
Do this for all required tab stop positions
Then press OK

22. Don’t Change the default tab

23. How to Clear Tabs Remove from ruler by dragging down
Click “clear all button” in the tab dialogue box

24. Tabs Remember to strike the tab key to move to the next column.
Strike the enter key to move to the next line.
Clear all Tabs by selecting the Tab dialogue box and clicking “clear all tabs”
Tabs can also be cleared by dragging them downward