Apple Pages 2 - Manual (Page 93)

Chapter 4 Formatting Text and Paragraphs 93
You can place tab stops where you want them in the document body or in text boxes.
To set a new tab stop:
m Click the horizontal ruler where you want to set the tab stop.
To change the tabs:
1 Select the text you want to adjust.
2 On the horizontal ruler, drag the blue tab icons to change the location of the tab
stops.
To change a tab to a different type:
m Control-click the tab icon and choose an option from the shortcut menu. Or double-
click the tab icon in the ruler repeatedly until the type of tab you want appears.
Here is a description of what each tab type does:
 Left Tab: Aligns the left side of text with the tab stop
 Center Tab: Places the center of text at the tab stop
 Right Tab: Aligns the right side of text with the tab stop
 Decimal Tab: For numbers, aligns the decimal point with the tab stop (You can set
a different text character to serve as the decimal tab character; see “Setting Tab
Stops Using the Text Inspector” below.)
To delete a tab from the ruler:
m Drag it off the ruler.
Blue tab icons appear on
the horizontal ruler when
you select tabbed text
on a page.
Decimal tab
Right tab
Center tab
Left tab
Choose from among
these tab types.