You can use left, center, right, decimal, or bar tabs to line up columnar information. Using tabs ensures that information lines up properly within a column.
By default, Word places tabs every .5 inch across the page between the left and right margins.
Click here until the type of tab you want to add appears:
Left tab
Center tab
Right tab
Decimal tab
Bar tab
Select the lines to which you want to add a tab.
Click the ruler where you want the tab to appear. Word displays a tab at the location you clicked on each selected line.
Click to the left of the information you want to appear at the tab.
Press .
Type your text.
The text appears at the tab.
Click the line using the tab or select the lines of text affected by the tab.
Move a tab by dragging it left or right.
A vertical line marks its position as you drag.
You can delete a tab by dragging it off the ruler.
When you click and drag a tab, the text moves with the tab.
When you delete a tab, the text moves to the left on the line.
Can I set dot leader tabs?
Select the text containing the tab to which you want to add dot leaders.
Click Format.
Click Tabs.
In the Tabs dialog box, click the tab setting to which you want to add leaders.
Click a type of leader ( changes to ).
Click OK.
Word adds dots from the last character before the tab to the first character at the tab.