Create a quick dot (……………) line in Microsoft Word
When working with meeting invitation forms, form documents . you need to put small dots in the text. But sitting and typing manually every dot is very time-consuming, more uneven and beautiful. In the article below, TipsMake.com will guide you how to create 3 dots in Microsoft Word 2016, Word 2013, Word 2010 and Word older than Word 2007, 2003 quickly by using keyboard shortcuts.
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1. Create a dot (.) quickly with a shortcut
Open Microsoft Word , for older Word versions (before 2010), the Tabs panel will appear when you go to Format> Tabs . As for Word 2010 and above, we just need to right-click on Word text and select Paragraph> Tabs :
Create dots in old Word 2007, 2003 versions:
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Create dotted lines in Word 2010, Word 2013, Word 2016:
There are 2 ways to access Tabs on Word 2010, 2013, 2016:
- Go to Home tab> find Paragraph box, click the arrow in the lower right corner.
- Right-click on the Word> Paragraph page .
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- Click Tabs in the lower left corner to open the Tabs panel:
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In the Tabs panel, we will see the following options:
- Stop position tab : the length of the text will appear when you press Tab (from the left margin of the text, as in the example below is 1 cm)
- Default tab stops : distance from the beginning to the end when you press the Tab key (like the example below is 6 cm).
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- Alignment : align, select Left - left, Center - middle, Right - right .
- Leader : format type when pressing Tab, 1, None - nothing, 2 is a dot, 3 is a hyphen, 4 is an underscore.
Select the desired values and then press the Set button to change. As the example above, I will specify with the image below for you to imagine:
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2. Uncheck the setting when pressing the Tab key:
If you do not want to use the settings when you press the tab, open the Tabs control panel and press the Clear or Clear All button. Then click OK.
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So is TipsMake.com introduced and guide you how to create, set up and use the Tab key to insert dots in the text, Microsoft Word 2010. Wish you success!
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