Working with the ruler and ruler guides

The ruler is used to display page format elements, such as margins, tabs, column gutters, and indentation. You can also use the ruler to set tabs, change margins, and indent paragraphs. The ruler has two parts: the line and the tab bar. The line resembles a ruler and contains graduated measurements for the area between the left and right margins. The tab bar, the white space in the lower part of the ruler, displays the triangular shaped tab marks.

Ruler guides are black dotted vertical lines that allow you to see where the settings for your margins and indentations are in relation to where the text displays on the page; for example, when you click a tab, the ruler guide and a box containing the tab’s settings are displayed. You can display or hide the ruler and ruler guides.

You can use the ruler to add and delete tab stops in a document. For more information about tab stops, see “Adding tab stops.”


To hide or display the ruler

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Click View WordPerfect Office onestep Working with the ruler and ruler guides Ruler.
A check mark beside Ruler indicates that the ruler is displayed.

To display ruler guides

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Click Tools WordPerfect Office onestep Working with the ruler and ruler guides Settings.
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Click Display.
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Click the Ruler tab.
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Enable the Show ruler guides check box.

To add tabs by using the ruler

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Click a paragraph.
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Open the Tab WordPerfect Office pgx tab button Working with the ruler and ruler guides flyout, and click a tab style.
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On the ruler, click the tab bar where you want the tab.

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When you change a tab setting, the Margin WordPerfect Office pgx tabset Working with the ruler and ruler guides icon displays in the left margin.
 
When you add a tab stop, the tab set code is added to the Reveal Codes for the document. For more information about Reveal Codes, see “Using Reveal Codes.”

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Click the Margin WordPerfect Office pgx tabset Working with the ruler and ruler guides icon to display a Tab bar right above the cursor.
 
You can change a tab style. Right click a tab stop, and click a tab style.

To delete tabs by using the ruler

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Click a paragraph.
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Drag the tab mark out of the ruler.

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If you drag a tab over another tab, all the tabs between the dragged tab and the new position are deleted.

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You can also delete a tab by dragging the tab set code out of the Reveal Codes window.

Working with the ruler and ruler guides