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Demonstrating the left margin and first line margin

Demonstrating a right margin

Text along a curve
If you have fitted a single line of text to the curve using the FIT TEXT TO CURVE option,
then the curve line is the margin. If the text is longer than the line it will just flow off the
end.

If you have clicked on the line or fitted a column of text to a curve or line then you have
left and right margin indicators (small red squares) that can be dragged along the line to
adjust the margins used for justification.

Tabs
By default, text stories are created with tabs set 0.5 cm apart. This means you can just
press "Tab" and your text will be moved along to the next tab stop. You only need to
define new tab stop positions if you want alternative tab spacing.
These default tabs are shown as faint Ls on the ruler:

Standard tabs, indicated by faint "L"s

Custom tabs
To create a custom tab position, just click on the ruler where you wish to place the new
tab. It will replace default tabs up to that point on the ruler.

For example:

The triangle indicates a custom
tab