lvl99 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 I'm finding when laying out tabular data that it's a pain to add/edit tab stops only from the small text input field (some of the UX there isn't really good either, as I can't seem to scroll down the window when I have entered more than 5 tab stops). Being able to see the tab stops on a ruler (similar to InDesign) to be able to click and drag them to adjust would make viewing and adjusting the paragraph tab stops a million times better. Aammppaa, SeamusBerkeley and JackSante 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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rubs Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Yes, working with tabs in AD is incredibly awkward and counter-intuitive. It's so time-consuming, I'm giving up. Even using separate columns of text instead of tabs is better. I wonder if you will consider adding a ruler like most sensible applications out there, since this is quite an obvious implementation (but it's not on your roadmap). Aammppaa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackSante Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 On 29/01/2017 at 2:25 PM, lvl99 said: I'm finding when laying out tabular data that it's a pain to add/edit tab stops only from the small text input field (some of the UX there isn't really good either, as I can't seem to scroll down the window when I have entered more than 5 tab stops). Being able to see the tab stops on a ruler (similar to InDesign) to be able to click and drag them to adjust would make viewing and adjusting the paragraph tab stops a million times better. Quoted. On 27/06/2017 at 1:13 AM, rubs said: working with tabs in AD is incredibly awkward and counter-intuitive totally agree... rubs and Aammppaa 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Harris Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 We should have a text ruler in 1.7, with indents and tabstops. Max Basok, lvl99, lepr and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tourmaline Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 On 27-6-2017 at 1:13 AM, rubs said: Yes, working with tabs in AD is incredibly awkward and counter-intuitive. It's so time-consuming, I'm giving up. Even using separate columns of text instead of tabs is better. I wonder if you will consider adding a ruler like most sensible applications out there, since this is quite an obvious implementation (but it's not on your roadmap). Since a couple of years tabs are hardly used anymore but most people use tables instead, removing the lines and you're done, often quicker and easier then tabs. But i would welcome such a feature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubs Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 On 01/01/2018 at 8:06 AM, Tourmaline said: Since a couple of years tabs are hardly used anymore but most people use tables instead, removing the lines and you're done, often quicker and easier then tabs. But i would welcome such a feature. Yes, tables would be awesome too. Anyway I still believe the way tabs are implemented in AD is primitive. Even WordPad has draggable tab stops. I hope they fix this at least when Publisher is released. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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