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Tab Stop

Tab stops are horizontal markers for positioning text. Text is positioned relative to the tab stop, for example left of the tab stop, right of the tab stop, or with the decimal point of a number.

Tab stops positions are displayed in the

Tab stops are only used in .

In Writer, the "tab" key does advance the cursor to the next tab stop.

Using Tab stops

The following screencasts demonstrate how to use tab stops:

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