Word Object Model Reference Support and feedback The following example removes the tab positioned at 1 inch from every paragraph in the active document. When working with the Paragraphs collection (or a range with several paragraphs), you must modify each paragraph in the collection individually if the tab stops aren't identical in all the paragraphs. The following example adds a right-aligned tab stop positioned at 2 inches to the selected paragraphs. ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(1).TabStops(1).Clear The following example removes the first custom tab stop from the first paragraph in the active document. Tab stops are indexed numerically from left to right along the ruler. Use TabStops (Index), where Index is the location of the tab stop (in points) or the index number, to return a single TabStop object.

You can also add a tab stop by specifying a location with the TabStops property. Add Position:=InchesToPoints(2), Alignment:=wdAlignTabCenter Leader:=wdTabLeaderDots, Alignment:=wdAlignTabLeft The second tab stop is centered and is positioned at 2 inches. The first tab stop is a left-aligned tab with a dotted tab leader positioned at 1 inch (72 points). The following example adds two tab stops to the selected paragraphs.

& PointsToInches(aTab.Position) & ' inches'

Position:=InchesToPoints(2.5)įor Each aTab In The following example adds a tab stop positioned at 2.5 inches to the selected paragraphs and then displays the position of each item in the TabStops collection. ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(1).TabStops.ClearAll The following example clears all the custom tab stops from the first paragraph in the active document. Use the TabStops property to return the TabStops collection. A collection of TabStop objects that represent the custom and default tabs for a paragraph or group of paragraphs.

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