Episode 01 · Microsoft Word 2007

TAB
STOPS

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The problem

Spaces move. Tabs don't.

✕Spaces

Nillay Service 4,500 Radhe Accounts 12,000 Sudhir Sales 950

✓Tab stops

NillayService4,500

RadheAccounts12,000

SudhirSales950

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The idea

One press = one jump

Tab jump to the next mark — never between

Setup

Switch the ruler on

1View tab

✓ Ruler

2Show marks

Ctrl +*

3Now visible

        Item→Rate→Qty

Read the ruler

Four things to see

selector

Grey bands

Margins

Numbers

Inches

Orange marks

Your stops

Five types

Pick, then click

1,234.50

Method 1 · quick

Three moves

1Select

2Pick type

3Click ruler

Method 2 · exact

Type the number

Tabs✕

1Tab stop position:

5.5"

2Alignment:

Decimal

3Leader:

2 · · · · · · · · · ·

SetClear AllOK

4Set → repeat → OK

Home ▸ Paragraph ⌐ ▸ Tabs…

or double-click any mark

Leaders

Dots fill themselves

Introduction1

Installing the software4

Billing and invoices9

Troubleshooting14

Tabonce — Word draws the rest

Worked example

A service invoice

Laptop→ Battery replacement→ 4,500.00 Desktop→ SMPS + service→ 1,250.00 Printer→ Head cleaning→ 380.00

Your turn

Practice now

1Ruler on, marks on

2Left 1" · Left 3" · Decimal 5.5"

3Type 5 rows, one Tab between

4Change to 16pt Cambria

✓Nothing moved? Correct.

Thanks for watching

One press per column.

Technology made practical.

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