There are five types: Left, Right, Center, Decimal and Bar.
The 5 different types of tabs in Microsoft Word are:Left Tab StopRight Tab StopCentre Tab StopDecimal Tab StopBar Tab Stop
These are tab stops. In Microsoft Word you can create a tab stop by clicking and dragging on the horizontal ruler, where they appear as flipped-over black L or T marks. If there are faint marks below the ruler at 1-inch intervals, these are the default tab stops.
The custom tab marker is different for each kind of tab, so for example a left tab marker looks different to a decimal tab marker, so in this sense they will indicate the alignment that would be implemented if the tab key is pressed and the tab is used. If the tab is not used, then it does not indicate what way the text is aligned.
tab stop are things that stop tabs
imformation about the tab stop is stored in the?
Tab Stop.
Tabs can only be created on the ruler. You could put a tab at the very right end of the ruler, but it would be easier to just right align the text. Tabs are for setting positions that are not at the absolute left, right or centre of the page. That is what alignments can do. So it would make no sense to put a tab at the extreme right or left of the ruler.
Left
clears all default tab stops to the right of the custom tab stop When you set a custom tab stop, Word clears all default tab stops to the left of the newly set custom tab stops on the ruler
A bar tab.
To set tabs using the ruler in a word processing program, first ensure the ruler is visible by enabling it in the view options. Then, click on the ruler at the desired position to create a tab stop; different types of tab stops can be set by clicking multiple times. You can adjust these tab stops by dragging them along the ruler. Finally, use the tab key on your keyboard to navigate to these tab stops while typing.
center tab