Tabs keep disappearing

In Word 2003 I set the tabs and after I use the tab key once or twice the
tab marker disappears. I set tabs on the ruler and tried in the Format >Tab
dialog box. Even click Set > Okay but the tab marks don't stay put. What am
I missing? TIA
Stan

Robert
Tue May 13 00:40:01 PDT 2008


Are you using decimal tab stops?

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On Tue, 13 May 2008 02:04:57 -0400, Stan wrote:

> In Word 2003 I set the tabs and after I use the tab key once or twice the
> tab marker disappears. I set tabs on the ruler and tried in the Format >Tab
> dialog box. Even click Set > Okay but the tab marks don't stay put. What am
> I missing? TIA
> Stan

Stefan
Tue May 13 04:08:09 PDT 2008

Note that tab stops are paragraph formatting. If want to set tabs for
several existing paragraphs, you must select them first--or set the tab
stops in the appropriate paragraph style instead.

On the other hand, if you press Enter in a paragraph with tab stops, they
will be transferred to the newly created paragraph.

For more, see http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/SettingTabs.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Stan" wrote in message news:ePvbD9LtIHA.4848@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> In Word 2003 I set the tabs and after I use the tab key once or twice the
> tab marker disappears. I set tabs on the ruler and tried in the Format
> >Tab dialog box. Even click Set > Okay but the tab marks don't stay put.
> What am I missing? TIA
> Stan
>

Stan
Tue May 13 08:36:11 PDT 2008

No. But it started to work and don't really know how or why. Thanks for the
reply.
Stan

"Robert" <Robert@nomail.com> wrote in message
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>
> Are you using decimal tab stops?
>
> -----------------------------------------------------
> On Tue, 13 May 2008 02:04:57 -0400, Stan wrote:
>
>> In Word 2003 I set the tabs and after I use the tab key once or twice the
>> tab marker disappears. I set tabs on the ruler and tried in the Format
>> >Tab
>> dialog box. Even click Set > Okay but the tab marks don't stay put. What
>> am
>> I missing? TIA
>> Stan

Stan
Tue May 13 08:39:05 PDT 2008

Thanks for the input and the link. Don't know what happened but tabs are now
working properly. However, I will read and digest the article in case the
problem comes back.
Stan
"Stefan Blom" <no.spam@please.xyz> wrote in message
news:e5PeimOtIHA.2292@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Note that tab stops are paragraph formatting. If want to set tabs for
> several existing paragraphs, you must select them first--or set the tab
> stops in the appropriate paragraph style instead.
>
> On the other hand, if you press Enter in a paragraph with tab stops, they
> will be transferred to the newly created paragraph.
>
> For more, see http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/SettingTabs.htm.
>
> --
> Stefan Blom
> Microsoft Word MVP
>
>
> "Stan" wrote in message news:ePvbD9LtIHA.4848@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> In Word 2003 I set the tabs and after I use the tab key once or twice the
>> tab marker disappears. I set tabs on the ruler and tried in the Format
>> >Tab dialog box. Even click Set > Okay but the tab marks don't stay put.
>> What am I missing? TIA
>> Stan
>>
>
>
>

Stefan
Wed May 14 00:00:47 PDT 2008

I'm glad you got it sorted.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Stan" wrote in message news:eUgU49QtIHA.4376@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Thanks for the input and the link. Don't know what happened but tabs are
> now working properly. However, I will read and digest the article in case
> the problem comes back.
> Stan
> "Stefan Blom" <no.spam@please.xyz> wrote in message
> news:e5PeimOtIHA.2292@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Note that tab stops are paragraph formatting. If want to set tabs for
>> several existing paragraphs, you must select them first--or set the tab
>> stops in the appropriate paragraph style instead.
>>
>> On the other hand, if you press Enter in a paragraph with tab stops, they
>> will be transferred to the newly created paragraph.
>>
>> For more, see http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/SettingTabs.htm.
>>
>> --
>> Stefan Blom
>> Microsoft Word MVP
>>
>>
>> "Stan" wrote in message news:ePvbD9LtIHA.4848@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> In Word 2003 I set the tabs and after I use the tab key once or twice
>>> the
>>> tab marker disappears. I set tabs on the ruler and tried in the Format
>>> >Tab dialog box. Even click Set > Okay but the tab marks don't stay
>>> put.
>>> What am I missing? TIA
>>> Stan
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>