Setting margins and tabs

Corel WordPerfect for Java provides margin and tab options that allow you to adjust the layout of text in your documents. Margin settings determine the width of your page's main text area by controlling the space between the text and the edge of the page. Tabs move text to the right, allowing you to indent lines throughout your documents.

The easiest way to adjust margin and tab settings for your Corel WordPerfect for Java documents is to use the ruler. When displayed, the ruler allows you to position margin guidelines and tab indicators using marked units of measurement. Used in combination, margins and tabs can enhance the format of your published documents, allowing you to display text in columns, indented lists, charts, and more.

Tips

wpj00001.gif Instead of adding tabs to each line in a paragraph, you can use the Indent feature to move a complete paragraph one tab stop to the right. Use the Double Indent feature to move an entire paragraph one tab stop from both the left and right margins and the Hanging Indent feature to move all but the first line of a paragraph one tab stop to the right.

wpj00001.gif When you add, delete, or move a tab setting, the change takes effect in the active paragraph and in all new paragraphs that you type until you change the setting again.

wpj00003.gif How to

To change margins using the Margins dialog box

To adjust the margins for a paragraph

To move text forward

To move text backward

To change tab settings

To hide or display the ruler

To change margins using the ruler

To change tab settings using the ruler

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Specifying page margins

Setting tabs

Using the ruler