Microsoft KB Archive/31460

Tab Stop at 1 P12 Unit Not Recognized

PSS ID Number: Q31460 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

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MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

Microsoft Word versions 4.0 and 5.0 will not convert the tab measurement properly if you do the following:

Steps to Reproduce Problem

 * 1) Set the Options “measure:” field to P12 (12 pitch).
 * 2) Set a tab at “1” with the Format Tab Set command.
 * 3) Change the Options “measure:” field back to In (inches).

Although the tab is displayed on the ruler at one twelfth of an inch (1 P12 unit), it is ignored by Word. Pressing the TAB key pushes the text to the half inch mark.

The problem results from the conversion process Word uses when converting the formatted tab from P12 (12 pitch) units to inches.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Word versions 4.0 and 5.0. This problem was corrected in Word version 5.5.

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