Tabs

[Franky Drappier]

Hello,

 

It seems like text "Tabs" aren't available in version 162. It worked perfectly in the previous version. Am I doing something wrong?

[walt.farrell]

What are you doing that's not working?

[Franky Drappier]

Hello Walt,

In the previous version, when i got into the text frame, the "tab" slider showed on top of the frame. In this newer version it appears this is not the case anymore.

Do I need to change a setting or something?

I now use the Tab Stop in the "paragraph" menu, but i like the visual slider.

[MEB]

Hi Franky Drappier,
Go to menu View ▸ Show Text Ruler. Now when you select a text frame it should display the "tab" slider on top of the frame.

[Franky Drappier]

And then, when the answer turns out to be so simple, one feels a bit like a boob...

Thanks for the help.

 

[walt.farrell]

11 minutes ago, Franky Drappier said:

then, when the answer turns out to be so simple, one feels a bit like a boob.

It's a complex application, and it's easy to forget some aspect or other

(That's also why we'll often need more of a description of the problem in order to provide answers or suggestions.)

[Franky Drappier]

You're absolutely right, Walt. I should have been more clear. Thank you for your help.

It's true that the program is very complete and impressive allready. In hindsight I'm glad Affinity didn't rush things and delayed the release of publisher a few times.

Just a little bug here and there, nothing major.

 

[JPSports]

I'm confused. How can you add Tabs and how do you fill tab stops with things like dots. The program is nice but I seem to be hunting for everything in areas that make no sense

 

ex

John Doe ……………….16

Jane Doe...……………..12

[Alfred]

5 minutes ago, JPSports said:

I'm confused. How can you add Tabs and how do you fill tab stops with things like dots. The program is nice but I seem to be hunting for everything in areas that make no sense

 

ex

John Doe ……………….16

Jane Doe...……………..12

 

Does the following post help at all?

 

[JPSports]

Thank you for your reply.

This is far too complicated.

In any program I have worked in. There is a "Tab" drop down box or whatever you call it. It's called "Tab"

There are options to put leaders from the text to the place you put the tab. I would like to put "dots."

 

I am inputting football team scores. For example.

School A

School B

School A ……………..(tabbed to here) 16

School B...…………..(tabbed to here) 21

When I hit the "Tab" key, it inputs the dots and jumps to the place I want the tab.

 

PP was easy because I just clicked on the ruler where I wanted the tab. There has to be an easier way to do this in Publisher.

 

Thank you so much for your response and time.

 

 

[thomaso]

Menu View > Show Text Ruler. There set your tab. With control-click on tab this options appear:

 

p.s.: "(...) hunting for everything in areas that make no sense"
https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/forum/65-discussions-and-suggestions-for-affinity-publisher-beta-on-desktop/
There is more How to ...

[JPSports]

Ok thank you. That's a new twist.  Never seen that before but handy. You saved me! Thanks so much!!! I can see there is a huge learning curve on this program.

[walt.farrell]

If you're talking about text in general, not indexes specifically, you can open the Publisher Help, put the word tabs in the search box, and the first entry will instruct you how to set tab stops in two ways.