Tabs Tab

Using this tab, you can configure fixed tabs or variable tabs.

Table 37 Settings Tabs Tab Options

Options	Description
Tab Type	Click one of the following options: Fixed: Equally spaced intervals Variable: Irregular intervals NOTE:If you click Fixed, you must type a value in the Spacing option. If you click Variable, you must set the specific tab stops on the Tab Column Settings ruler.
Spacing	If you selected Fixed as the Tab Type, use the arrow buttons to specify the number of columns between tabs.
Tab Column Settings	If you selected Variable as the Tab Type, you can place tab stops on the ruler.
Clear Tabs	If you selected Variable as the Tab Type, click this button to remove all variable tab stops from the ruler. NOTE:To clear just one variable tab stop, click it with the mouse.

To set a tab

To set tabs	Click
Equally spaced intervals	Fixed
Irregular intervals	Variable

Do one of the following:

If you selected	Do this
Fixed	In the Spacing list box, type the number of columns between tabs. (You can also specify the number using the arrow buttons.)
Variable	Using the left mouse button, click the location on the ruler where you want to put the tab. You can also use the right arrow or left arrow keys to move the cursor to the desired column, then press the spacebar.

If you selected

Do this

Fixed

In the Spacing list box, type the number of columns between tabs. (You can also specify the number using the arrow buttons.)

Variable

Using the left mouse button, click the location on the ruler where you want to put the tab.

You can also use the right arrow or left arrow keys to move the cursor to the desired column, then press the spacebar.

To clear tabs

If a T27 session is not already open, open one.
From the Options menu, click Settings.
From the Categories list box, click Display.
Click the Tabs tab.
Click Variable.

You can clear tabs only if you select Variable as the Tab Type.

Do one of the following:

To clear	Do this
One tab	Using the left mouse button, click the tab that you want to clear. You can also use the right arrow or left arrow keys to move the cursor to the desired column, then press the space bar.
All tabs	Click Clear.

To clear

Do this

One tab

Using the left mouse button, click the tab that you want to clear.

You can also use the right arrow or left arrow keys to move the cursor to the desired column, then press the space bar.

All tabs

Click Clear.