How to get solid lines (not dotted) between Indesign CS6 tabs

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March 15, 2013
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I am a long-time Indesign user since it was invented. Any time I do fill-in forms (which seems to be frequently) I always end up manually putting the lines between the tabs. I know about tab leaders, but all I can ever find there is a dotted line. I need a way to make the tab leader between tabs a solid underline, but NOT the name, address, phone text underlined.

Any help would be quickly appreciated. It will just save me loads of time if I can specify a solid underline tab leader and then blow through these fill-up forms.

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Susanne Clark

Participant

if you are seeing spaces in your line using the tab/leader feature... check on your leading and make sure it's set to 0.

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thembisue

Participant

Glad this was out there... the simplest things can get you stumped!

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BenEverett

Participant

FYI, don't make a simple mistake like I did. Make sure your tracking isn't increased where your intended underline should be.

Peter Spier

Community Expert

I like to add a character style to the tab itself that adds an underline to the tab. No leader required.

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Av8rdanAuthor

Participating Frequently

Peter, thank you...I am blanking on what exactly you are referring to, or how to implement this. I did not know you could add character styles to tabs...sounds like a great solution. Any chance you can post a link to a quick tutorial so I can jump on that and give it a try?

Daniel Flavin

Inspiring

This would be a character style for underscore, which could be (nested) within a Paragraph Style.

Without Peter's method, many people might define an Underscore for the Tab Leader

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