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tab (Custom Tab Stop)
This element specifies a single custom tab stop within a set of custom tab stops applied as part of a set of
customized paragraph properties in a document.
[Example: Consider a custom tab stops at 1.5" in a WordprocessingML document. This tab stop would be
contained within a tab element defining the tab stop as follows:
<w:tab w:val="left" w:pos="2160" />
The tab element specifies all of the properties for the customized tab stop for the current paragraph property
set. end example]
Parent Elements
tabs (§Error! Reference source not found.)
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Attributes
leader (Tab Leader
Character)
Description
Specifies the character which shall be used to fill in the space created by a tab which ends
at this custom tab stop. This character shall be repeated as required to completely fill the
tab spacing generated by the tab character.
If this attribute is omitted, then no tab leader character shall be used.
[Example: Consider a tab stop which should be preceded by a sequence of underscore
characters, as follows:
______________Text at the tab stop
This tab stop would have a leader attribute value of underscore, indicating that the tab
stop shall be preceded by underscore characters as needed to fill the tab spacing. end
example]
The possible values for this attribute are defined by the ST_TabTlc simple type (§Error!
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Description
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pos (Tab Stop
Position)
Specifies the position of the current custom tab stop with respect to the current page
margins.
Negative values are valid and move the tab stop into the current page margin the
specified amount.
[Example: Consider a custom tab stops at 1.5" in a WordprocessingML document. This
tab stop would be contained within a tab element defining the tab stop as follows:
<w:tab w:val="left" w:pos="2160" />
The pos attribute specifies that this custom tab stop shall be located 2160 points (1.5
inches) inside the starting text margin. end example]
The possible values for this attribute are defined by the ST_SignedTwipsMeasure simple
type (§Error! Reference source not found.).
val (Tab Stop Type)
Specifies the type of custom tab stop, which determines the behavior of the tab stop and
the alignment which shall be applied to text entered at the current custom tab stop.
The value of clear is unique and specifies that this tab stop shall be removed when the
document is next edited by a consumer which supports rendering the document
contents.
[Example: Consider a custom tab stops at 1.5" in a WordprocessingML document. This
tab stop would be contained within a tab element defining the tab stop as follows:
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Description
<w:tab w:val="left" w:pos="2160" />
The val attribute specifies that this custom tab stop shall align all text entered at its
location to its left. end example]
The possible values for this attribute are defined by the ST_TabJc simple type (§Error!
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The following XML Schema fragment defines the contents of this element:
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<complexType name="CT_TabStop">
<attribute name="val" type="ST_TabJc" use="required"/>
<attribute name="leader" type="ST_TabTlc" use="optional"/>
<attribute name="pos" type="ST_SignedTwipsMeasure" use="required"/>
</complexType>
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