Although most of us today will use InDesign’s table and table styles features to distribute ‘tabular’ data across the width of the page – instead of painstakingly trying to align and set tabs – I am for some reason compelled to write about tabs today
I hope it makes them feel part of InDesign again after I’ve been deserting them for a bit
Need to type a tab inside a table cell? Here’s the tip you were looking for!
Need to align a particular part of your headline to a particular position across the page? Here’s a wacky trick sure to astonish your colleagues!
Dragging a tab stop should be a smooth and easy affair. But those darn tab stops seem to snap to their own invisible grid!
Sometimes there’s a big space before a dot leader, and sometimes it’s tiny. Why the inconsistency?