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Tab Stops with Leaders in a Table

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Hi Framers,

I'm trying to put Tab Stops with Leaders in a Table. It appears that's not possible. Im I missing something?

Thanks!

Sam

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Barb BinderCorrect answer

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You certainly can—the trick is adding the tab characters to the table. Once they are in the table, you can add the tab stop/leaders the same way you do anywhere else.

To add a tab to a table:

Press Esc Tab (sequential keystrokes, not consecutive), or
Add them as an auto-number in Paragraph Designer by adding a \t to the auto-number format text box

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

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Winfried Reng

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I add tabs in a table with find/change.

In the Change text field enter \t for each tab character.

Then just click Change.

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Bob_Niland

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You can also put a tab character on the clipboard & just paste it in.

Somewhat surprisingly, a Variable (Def: \t) also works.

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Barb Binder

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We are always happy to help, Sam!

~Barb

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~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

Sam TomanioAuthor

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Thank you Barb & Bob!

I knew I was forgeting something!

Regards,

Sam

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Barb Binder

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You certainly can—the trick is adding the tab characters to the table. Once they are in the table, you can add the tab stop/leaders the same way you do anywhere else.

To add a tab to a table:

Press Esc Tab (sequential keystrokes, not consecutive), or
Add them as an auto-number in Paragraph Designer by adding a \t to the auto-number format text box

~Barb

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~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

Bob_Niland

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It might be a simple matter of the hack needed to type a tab into a table cell:
[Esc][Tab]

Just hitting the [Tab] key performs table navigation.

If that's not the problem, we can explore the tab settings for the cell Paragraph Format. which is to say, I was trivally able to get leader tab.

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