Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 6.2 Writer tab stops

On 2019-08-12 00:38, John Kaufmann wrote:

> It has been months, and several releases, since I last used LO in any serious way, and it seems 
> that, somewhere in the transitions from 4.? to 5.? to 6.2, Writer tab settings have been displaced. 
>  The LO 6.2 online Help says:

> "You can set a tab stop by clicking on the ruler or by selecting Format - Paragraph - Tabs. Both methods 
> affect the  current paragraph or all selected paragraphs."
> -- which is how I remember it.   But when I try, via the menu, to Format - Paragraph, there is no 
> "Tabs" tab - just:
>
> "Indents & Spacing" - "Alignment" - "Text Flow" - "Outline Numbering" - "Drop Caps" - "Borders" - "Area" - 
> "Transparency".
>
> And if I (double-)click on the ruler, it opens the same Format - Paragraph menu at the "Borders" 
> tab (which of course has nothing to do with tab stop settings).
>
> Can someone direct me to the solution to this common (and formerly simple) problem?

On further investigation, I find that including certain codes (like column break) in the scope of a "Format - 
Paragraph" operation upsets the menu (including removing the "Tabs" tab. Don't know why that is, and 
would be grateful for any enlightenment.

John

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