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You can also change the tab type after creating the tab stop by double clicking on it to
open the settings Tab Stop Properties dialog, and changing the alignment there.

Tab Leaders
You can use Tab Leaders to fill the tab spaces with any character you wish. For
example:

So the space between the tabs is filled with a period. You can setup the character to be
used in the Tab Stop Properties dialog.

NOTE: Not all export formats support all characters as tab leaders, and they may be
replaced for another character or omitted from the document. For example, if you use '@'
as a tab leader, when exported to the .docx format and opened in MS Word, it will show
as '.' instead.

How to creating hanging indents
Hanging Indents, as they are known, are where the first line of a paragraph has a
negative margin or a margin that hangs to the left of the normal left margin. Numbered or
bulleted lists are examples of hanging indents.

To create hanging indents:
1. Drag the left margin inwards.
2. Click on the ruler away from the left margin (creates a new tab stop) and drag this
tab stop to be exactly over the left margin.
3. Now each line will start outdented—you can insert any special character or number
and press "Tab" to move to the left margin. And (as with this paragraph) all
subsequent lines of text are indented to the left margin.