Tabs

Left tabs align all text evenly at the left by placing the text you key to the right of the tab setting.
Left tabs are commonly used to align words.

Right tabs align all text evenly at the right by placing the text you key to the left of the tab setting.
Right tabs are commonly used to align whole numbers.


Decimal abs align all text at the decimal point or other character that you specify. If you je numbers in a column a decimal tab, the decimal points will line up, regardless of the number of places before or after the decimal point.