[NFBCS] Eliminating Tabs From A Word File

[Louis Maher]

Thank you very much Chris.  This method works well.


Regards
Louis Maher
Phone: 713-444-7838
Email: ljmaher03 at outlook.com

-----Original Message-----
From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Chris Nestrud via NFBCS
Sent: Sunday, January 8, 2023 1:13 PM
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Cc: Chris Nestrud <ccn at chrisnestrud.com>
Subject: Re: [NFBCS] Eliminating Tabs From A Word File

Louis,

You could use ctrl+h for search and replace, then search for ^t which Word will interpret as the tab character, and replace with nothing. This will remove the actual tab characters.

Chris

On Sun, Jan 08, 2023 at 06:37:11PM +0000, Louis Maher via NFBCS wrote:
> Folks,
> 
> I would like to eliminate tabs from a word file. I have attached a one sentence word 365 file with tabs.
> 
> If you do a Bing search you get:
> 
> Clear Or Remove Tab Stops In Word
> list of 4 items nesting level 1
> 1. Go to Home and select the Paragraph dialog launcher .
> 2. Select Tabs .
> 3. Do one of the following: - Select a tab stop and select Clear.- Select Clear All to remove all tab stops.
> 4. Select OK .
> list end nesting level 1
> 
> Comments:
> 1. Go to Home and select the Paragraph dialog launcher .
> 2. Select Tabs .
> 
> It is much easier to perform steps one and two by going into the context menu, arrow down to paragraph, hit enter, then Shift tab five times and you will reach the tab section-hit enter.
> 
> 
> 
> 3. Do one of the following: - Select a tab stop and select Clear.- Select Clear All to remove all tab stops.
> 
> I have no idea of what it means to "Select a tab stop", therefore I cannot perform step three.
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Regards
> Louis Maher
> Phone: 713-444-7838
> Email: ljmaher03 at outlook.com
> 


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