Setting Tabs
- Place your pointer where you want to add horizontal space and press the Tab key.
- Choose Type > Tabs. With your Type cursor in the text frame, click the magnet symbol at the bottom right of the Tab Ruler to snap the Tab Ruler above the text frame.
- On the Tab Ruler, choose the type of tab you want and click a location on the ruler to position the tab.
Note
You can set repeating tabs based on the distance between the tab and the left indent or the previous tab stop by choosing Repeat Tab in the Tabs Palette menu. You can also delete any existing tabs by choosing Clear All.
Figure 12.2. Types of Tabs. In each case the tab stop is set at 12 picas.
Creating Decimal Tabs |
Part I: Character Formats
Getting Started
- Getting Started
- An InDesign Type Map: Where to Find Stuff
- Viewing Your Page
- Creating a Typography Workspace
- Up Next
Going with the Flow
- Going with the Flow
- A Blank Sheet: Typing on Your Page
- Text Flow
- Threading Text Frames
- Using Placeholder Text
- Pasting Text
- Importing Word Text
- Up Next
Character Reference
- Character Reference
- Less is More, Maybe
- Type Anatomy
- Type Classification
- Character Formatting Options
- Readability
- Up Next
Getting the Lead Out
- Getting the Lead Out
- How Much Is Enough?
- (Not) Using Auto Leading
- Keep It Consistent, Except. . .
- Leading Menu Options and Keyboard Shortcuts
- See Also
- Up Next
Kern, Baby, Kern
- Kern, Baby, Kern
- When to Kern
- Metrics Kerning
- Optical Kerning
- Manual Kerning
- How Much to Kern
- Tracking
- When to Track
- Controlling Widows and Orphans
- Up Next
Sweating the Small Stuff: Special Characters, White Space, and Glyphs
- Sweating the Small Stuff: Special Characters, White Space, and Glyphs
- Typographers Quotes
- Apostrophes
- Dashes
- Ellipses
- End Marks
- White Space Characters
- The Glyphs Palette
- Footnotes
- Footnote Options
- Up Next
OpenType: The New Frontier in Font Technology
- OpenType: The New Frontier in Font Technology
- Ligatures
- Discretionary Ligatures
- Ordinals/Raised and Lowered Characters
- Swash Characters
- Fractions
- Oldstyle Figures
- Contextual Alternates
- Opticals
- Glyph Positioning
- Stylistic Sets
- Up Next
Part II: Paragraph Formats
Aligning Your Type
- Aligning Your Type
- Centering Type
- Clean Shaven or Rugged: Justified vs. Ragged Type
- How InDesign Justifies Type
- Balancing Ragged Lines
- Right-Aligned Type
- Optical Margin Alignment
- Indent to Here
- Vertical Alignment
- Up Next
Paragraph Indents and Spacing
First Impressions: Creating Great Opening Paragraphs
- First Impressions: Creating Great Opening Paragraphs
- Creating a Simple Drop Cap
- Drop Cap Aesthetics
- Tricks with Drop Caps
- Up Next
Dont Fear the Hyphen
Mastering Tabs and Tables
- Mastering Tabs and Tables
- Setting Tabs
- Creating Decimal Tabs
- Using Tab Leaders
- Reply Forms
- Numbered Lists
- Right Indent Tab
- Working with Tables
- Creating a Table
- Working with Rows and Columns
- Working with Table Cells
- Up Next
Part III: Styles
Stylin with Paragraph and Character Styles
- Stylin with Paragraph and Character Styles
- Creating Styles
- Applying Styles
- Editing Styles
- Redefining Styles
- Creating Default Styles
- A Typical Style Sheet
- Up Next
Mo Style
Part IV: Page Layout
Setting Up Your Document
- Setting Up Your Document
- Choosing a Page Size
- Determining Margins
- Determining Column Width
- Changing Columns
- Break Characters
- Page Numbers
- Section Markers
- Up Next
Everything in Its Right Place: Using Grids
- Everything in Its Right Place: Using Grids
- Things to Consider
- Your Grid Tool Kit
- Calculating the Height of the Type Area
- Align to Grid
- First Baseline Options
- Snap to Guides
- Up Next
Text Wraps: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
- Text Wraps: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
- Applying Text Wraps
- Wrapping Type Around Irregularly Shaped Graphics
- Text Wrap Preferences
- Ignoring Text Wrap
- Anchored Objects
- Up Next
Type Effects
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