Changing Default Tab Setting

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Brad - 29 Jan 2004 15:24 GMT

Does anyone know how to change the default Tab setting
for the Normal style in Word 2002. I've created a
template for my document and want the Normal style to
have a default Tab setting of 0.4 instead of the standard
0.5.
Thanks!

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Greg Maxey - 29 Jan 2004 16:38 GMT

Brad,

Open your Normal.dot template. Format>Tabs>Default tab
stops. Change to .4 and click OK. Save Normal.dot

For more details, see:
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/SettingTabs.htm

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Margaret Aldis - 29 Jan 2004 16:58 GMT

This is the method for changing the default tab stops (i.e. the tab stops
that apply when you don't have any tab stops in the para) in Normal.dot, but
I think the OP might be looking for changing the tabs in Normal *style* in
anothertemplate.dot? In this case, you need to Modify the Normal style in
the template and explicitly set the tab positions.

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- 29 Jan 2004 17:49 GMT

Greg and Margaret,
I guess I was trying to do a combination of what you both
have suggested. Anyway, I have it working now so thank
you.

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