Last Line / Tab Alignment

Barb,

What you did is exactly the way to create a Right Indent Tab with a leader, and it doesn't even have to be a right-aligned tab or in any exact position.

As long as the original requester is OK with not having a leader on the first line, that definitely works. In his example, there is a leader on the first line as well. That would require more than a single Tab or Right Indent Tab character.

Rob, 

I haven't defined a leader with a right-indent tab and couldn't figure out how to do it. I ended up defining a right-align tab with a leader, then replaced it with a right-indent tab character (and removed the GREP style and right indents) and I think that's the solution. 

~Barb

The issue lies with the fact that a tab is a single character, and as far as I know, there is no way to make it stretch across two different lines. You could run a manual Find/Change afterward and insert a Right Indent Tab after the first tab in instances that span two lines, or if you need automation, a script could do that.

There is also the Right Indent Tab (Type>Special Character>Other). You could apply a dotted underline to the Right Indent Tab for the leader:

Hi MJ:

I can get there via Right Indent/Last Line Right Indent (as per Mike's suggestion) or with a GREP style, but both take Rd. with it to the next line. 

~Barb 

Paragraph Style > Indents and Spacing:

Maybe a Right Indent value pushing inwards along with a Last Line Indent (negatively) pushing outwards, as long as it is not pushing past the edge of your textframe. You might have to adjust a tab position, too.