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How to Create Long Dotted Lines in Word, Quickly Make Tab Dots (....)
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1. Tab Feature in Word
If you want to organize and align spacing in your Word document, you can use the tab and tab stop feature. This feature allows you to adjust text and create custom insertion points for paragraphs or individual lines of text.
There are various types of tabs, each serving different purposes depending on where you want to align your text.
- Left Tab: Positions text aligned left to the right of the tab stop.
- Right Tab: Positions text aligned right to the left of the tab stop.
- Center Tab: Centers text over the tab stop.
- Decimal Tab: Aligns text based on the first decimal point set on the tab stop.
- Tab Bar: Creates a vertical line at the tab stop, used to format lists containing multiple columns.
To learn more about using tab tricks for alignment, owning beautiful, complete, desired text, readers can refer to how to use margin rulers and Tabs in Word by Mytour.
Step 3: In the Paragraph menu, click on the Tabs... button at the bottom left corner.
Step 4: Here, you can select the length, type, and alignment of tabs. To create a dotted line, customize according to the template below.
Step 5: After adjusting the parameters, press Set to apply and select OK.
Step 6: Upon returning to Word, effortlessly create dotted lines by pressing the Tab key on your keyboard.
