This is not really a tab stop at all, but a way to place a vertical bar at a particular location in your paragraph. You may have noticed from examining the Tabs dialog box that there is also a tab alignment type known as Bar.

Repeat steps 3 through 6 for each tab stop desired.

Click on the type of Leader desired, if any.

In the Tab Stop Position box, enter the measurement for where you want the tab stop located.

Click the small icon in the lower-right corner of the Paragraph group.

Make sure the insertion point is in the paragraph in which you want to set tabs stops.

To set tab stops using this method, use the following steps: The other involves using the Tabs dialog box. One involves using the ruler, which is best deferred to a different tip. Word provides two major ways to set tab stops. Text entered after pressing the Tab key is horizontally aligned so the right side of the text is where the tab stop is located. Text entered after pressing the Tab key is horizontally aligned so the left side of the text is where the tab stop is located. If there is no decimal point, text is right-aligned to the tab stop. Text entered after pressing the Tab key is horizontally aligned so the decimal point (or period) is where the tab stop is located. Text entered after pressing the Tab key is horizontally centered on the position where the tab stop is located. It allows you to set four different types of tab stop: Type Word goes far beyond the rudimentary tab stops in typewriters, however.

If you are familiar with typewriters, then you are already familiar with the concept of tab stops. Tab stops allow you to quickly and accurately align information on a line in your document.

Word set tab stops for document