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# 6600 - Using Spaces Instead of Tab Settings |
The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS
Problem
You have columns or indented text information that does not align correctly. This may be due to any of the following reasons: (1) You have added spaces between the tabular columns rather than using tabs or indents; (2) You have used spaces at the beginning of the Column feature; (3) You are using a proportionally-spaced font instead of a fixed-pitch font with tabular or regular columns; or (4) To indent more than one line of text, you have pressed Enter at the end of each line and typed spaces at the left margin to indent the text. |
Answer:
You need to replace the spaces with Tab or Indent codes. 1. Press Home, Home, Up to move to the top of your document. 2. Press Replace (Alt+F2). 3. Choose Yes to confirm each replacement. If you have used spaces in other ways besides as tabs, you might want to verify that you are replacing the correct spaces. or Choose No to replace without confirmation. The prompt will ask you to enter what you would like to search for. 4. Press the Space Bar n times, where n is the number of consecutive spaces you want to replace with Tab or Indent. 5. Press Search (F2). The prompt will next ask what you want to replace with. 6. Press Tab, then press Search (F2). or Press Indent (F4), then press Search (F2). If you selected to confirm the search and replace, WordPerfect will stop at each occurrence of the search and ask you to confirm the replacement. If you opted not to confirm, WordPerfect will just inform you when it has completed the search and replace. |
Details:
When you are trying to align text in columns, Tab and Indent codes create more uniform edges than using the Space Bar. Additionally, using a fixed-pitch font (such as Courier) instead of a proportionally spaced font (such as Times Roman) creates uniform line lengths in columns. When using a fixed-pitch font, each space is always the same size. When using a proportionally-spaced font, each character width is different, and depending on the text used in the lines above and below, the size of each space may also differ. (NOTE: Some spacing problems may still occur with the fixed-pitch font.) Tab codes only indent the first line of a paragraph. Indent codes indent the whole paragraph. See Also Search in the WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS reference manual Replace in the WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS reference manual Tab in the WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS reference manual |
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