Adobe Illustrator CC 2015 - Manual (Page 403)

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Right-Justified Tab to align horizontal text to the right, keeping the left margin ragged.
Bottom-Justified Tab to align vertical text to the bottom margin, keeping the top margin ragged.
Top-Justified Tab to align vertical text to the top margin, keeping the bottom margin ragged.
Decimal-Justified Tab to place text in alignment with a specified character, such as a period or a dollar sign. This
option is useful for creating columns of numbers.
You can change the alignment of any tab by simply selecting it and clicking one of these buttons.
3 Do one of the following:
• Click a location on the tab ruler to position a new tab stop.
• Type a position in the X box (for horizontal text) or Y box (for vertical text), and press Enter or Return. If the X
or Y value is selected, press the Up Arrow or Down Arrow key to increase or decrease the tab value by 1 point,
respectively.
note: When you use the tab ruler, you cannot set tab stops in increments smaller than 1. However, if you specify a
position in the X or Y box, you can set stops at intervals as small as 0.01 point.
4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 to add additional tab stops.
Note: For information on setting indents using the Tabs panel, see
Indent text .
Repeat tabs
The Repeat Tab command creates multiple tabs based on the distance between the tab and the left indent or the
previous tab stop.
1 Click an insertion point in the paragraph.
2 In the Tabs panel, select a tab stop on the ruler.
3 Choose Repeat Tab from the panel menu.
A Tab-alignment buttons B Tab stop on the ruler C Panel menu
Move tabs
1 In the Tabs panel, select a tab stop on the ruler.
2 Do one of the following:
• Type a new location in the X box (for horizontal text) or Y box (for vertical text), and press Enter or Return.
• Drag the tab to a new location.
• To move all tab stops simultaneously, Ctrl-drag (Windows) or Command-drag (Mac OS) a tab.
As you move a tab stop, a visual guide appears in the selected text.