On the other hand, no such alignment has occurred in the third column as you have used the right alignment tab there. Note that in the fourth column, MS Word has aligned the decimal point of the numbers at the decimal tab to facilitate easy computation. The decimal tab marker will appear on the ruler. Display the decimal tab on ‘Tab Selector’ and click at 4.75” position on the ruler.The right tab marker will appear on the ruler.

Display the right tab on ‘Tab Selector’ and click at 3.5” position on the ruler.The centre tab marker will appear on the ruler. Display centre tab on ‘Tab Selector’ and click on the ruler at 2” mark.The bar tab marker will appear at the three points on the ruler and vertical lines will appear below them in the first line of the document. Now click the ruler at 1.25”, 2.75” and 4.25” marks on the horizontal ruler. Click the ‘Tab selector until bar tab is displayed.Note that repeated clicking of ‘Tab Selector’ of MS Word successively displays the left tab, centre tab, right tab, decimal tab, bar tab, first line indent and hanging indent.

The left tab marker will appear on the ruler.

Click the ‘Tab Selector’ located to the left of the horizontal ruler until the left tab is displayed then Click at 0.5” on the ruler (see Figure 1).

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