Tab Leaders and Text Styles

Please remember that on May 12 you will have a Test on the Formatting Documents Material. You must study the hand-out on Tabs, your notes on Indents, Margins and Tabs, and the 23 questions from the Keyboarding Blog.

Today we will learn how to insert Tab Leaders (characters that are repeated to fill the space spanned by tabs. Examples of Tab Leaders are ...., ----, ___. The dotted pattern is often used in a table of contents or index. You can also find these on Menus. The solid line is used to represent a blank on a form or a test. To select Tab Leaders go to the Tabs dialog box (Format > Tabs) and go to the Leader section.

We will work on Exercise No. 5, page 160. For this exercise you need to subscript the number 12 in B12. All you have to do is highlight that number, go to Format > Font and select Subscript. Subscript is a text style that reduces the size of the text and lowers it to the bottom of the current line, e.g. H₂O.

On Exercise No. 9 you need to superscript the number 2 in km². You use the same procedure as above but select Superscript instead of Subscript.

Tomorrow we will create a Menu using Tab Leaders.

Please make sure your notes are complete and that you answered all the questions. If you have any questions, feel free to ask Mrs. Feld.