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Is there a way to set a tab stop as part of the text box? I am working with very short paragraphs (4-5 lines) and as soon as I move past one paragraph to the next the tab stop goes away. I was just doing each one individually with the space bar but if I could set a tab for the whole document it would be much easier. Or if the tab stops would copy with the text boxes? Or maybe I'm not looking at tabs the right way?

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Hi @jimjumper,

I wouldn't expect defining tab stops on a text style to delete text when applied, could you share a copy of the .afpub document where you have encountered this? This should also provide some clarity on what you're wanting to achieve, it doesn't necessarily need to be the whole document. 🙂

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On 1/29/2025 at 9:47 PM, jimjumper said:

Is there a way to set a tab stop as part of the text box? I am working with very short paragraphs (4-5 lines) and as soon as I move past one paragraph to the next the tab stop goes away. I was just doing each one individually with the space bar but if I could set a tab for the whole document it would be much easier. Or if the tab stops would copy with the text boxes? Or maybe I'm not looking at tabs the right way?

I am assuming your Tab Stop is my First Line Indent. Check the Paragraph Styles and look for that in Spacing.

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Affinity Designer 2.5.7 | Affinity Photo 2.5.7 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.7 | Beta versions as they appear.

I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.

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When I apply, what I think is the text style, i thought the text disappeared, but it just changed color so I couldn't see it. For my purposes, creating a text style seems to be redundant to just changing the text via the style bar menu. I'm doing a lot of different fonts and colors but its only for a 70 page 5"X8" magazine once a quarter. By the time I figure out exactly what the style settings need to be to see it on the page, I've highlighted, changed it, and indented it manually and moved on to the next article in the magazine. Maybe, if and when, I take on a larger project I'll see the need but right now it just slows me down. Now, if I can just figure out those damn leader dots! :)

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