Word: Stop Ruler from "Snapping"

Ever tried to set a tab or indent on the ruler in Word and become frustrated by it constantly snapping to predetermined intervals?

Get precise and fine-tune your adjustments on the ruler by holding down the Alt key on your keyboard while you move things around. This will allow you to set very specific tabs and indents without having the "snap to" feature get in your way.

10 comments:

  1. excellent - thanks for the tip, that was driving me crazy! :)

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  2. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

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  3. How would I have ever found this out if it wasn't for you/the Internet. So helpful :)

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  4. Thank you thank you so much!!! That was driving me nuts in Powerpoint.

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  5. Works for Word / Office 365 too. Thanks!!

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    1. Good to know, thanks for the update! I can't possibly keep all these posts updated as new versions come out, I'm really glad to hear that the tips still work in some cases.

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  6. Perfect! Thank you!

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  7. OMG. Thank you SO MUCH!!!!! That was driving me crazy. Now it's all under control.

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