How to Create, Change, and Delete Tabs in Microsoft Word

Learn how to create, change, and delete tabs in Microsoft Word. This tutorial also shows how to change your default tab.

These steps are for Word for Office 365, Word 2019, Word 2016, Word 2013, and Word 2010.

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
2:11 Five Types of Tab Stops in Word
2:34 Create Tabs on the Ruler
3:55 Change Tabs on the Ruler
4:12 Delete Tabs on the Ruler
4:39 Change Word's Default Tab

=== Companion Blog Post/Transcript for this Video ===

How to Create, Change, and Delete Tabs in Microsoft Word

=== Videos and Blog Posts Mentioned in this Video ===

How to Indent Paragraphs in Microsoft Word (Video)

=== Related Information ===

How to Use the Ruler in Microsoft Word

Thank you for watching!

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[Claptonfan]

By far, I mean BY FAR, the clearest and most user-friendly and helpful explanation I have ever seen and heard!! Thank you.

[stevejessen]

Still finding your support. Thank you for the clear and simple communication for us Dummies.😊

[glendatexan]

I found this very helpful in explaining how to manage tabs. Also, I didn't realize about the Bar Tab until you clicked on it -- that falls into the "learn something new every day" category! Thank you.

[vanessarobinson]

This is an excellent, short tutorial with elevated yet comprehensive vocabulary.

[markrutledge]

Very helpful video. The step by step approach is easy to follow. Much appreciated.

[sammyg]

Very easy to follow, nice pace, explained each topic of learning fully and clearly.

[johnq]

Thank you Erin. This is the first of your tutorials I have seen and you had me at hello! I look forward to learning from you.

[poucedeleon]

Erin, Great video. This is a topic I did not understand and you explained it clearly and the volume for perfect.

[adoreshorses]

Amazing explanation, very clear and this helped me a lot. Thank you!

[paduprakash]

Well explained. This video was very helpful. Thanks a lot for sharing.
Request you to please make a similar tutorial for adding photographs in word document especially placing it adjacent to each other horizontally and setting the layout of the text around the photographs.

[jimvashro]

Thanks you for your clear and easy to understand explanation. I have been using MS word since it started and never understood tabs. Thanks! I got to this video, however, looking for information on "tabs for pages" like Excel has, my understanding is that capability only exists with a separate purchased add on. Thanks for your demonstrations, I am going to subscribe to your youtube channel.

[mumblinge]

I have a document that has indents within indents that are 4 to 6 layers deep. The size of the indents could/should be much smaller thus making the document more manageable. I'm hoping there's a way to keep the file structure (indents within indents) and change the size of the indentations all at once (i.e. take a big grouping of indents within indents and change the amount of indentation from something like 0.5" to 0.2"). Is something like that even possible? TIA

[socman]

Thank you so much. Was waiting 5 years to learn this. Nasty tab problems here I come to defeat you ;)

[Kalamfelnet]

i DO LOVE U & UR WAY OF EXPANDING ERIN. THIS IS A LOVE 4 U FROM EGYPT

[gamalabdelbaky]

Hi Erin . many thanks for your illustrative examples. I actually have a problem related the the page numbering in word 365 for Mac. the page numbers do not show up. is there a solution for that?

[domesticatedranger]

THANK YOU!!! Tabs have been driving me nuts, but now, thank to your video, I can stop pulling my hair out!

[jay]

Holy crap thankyou so much.... This is so

[siddharthdash]

Good explanation for how to delete a tab

[meaganrebello]

Hi Erin! Thank you so much for this video! I learned something new today :)! Also, my tab stops are in cms. How do I change this to inches?

[EDRISSALEXIS]

Where is the link for that "separate tutorial" you mentioned @ 5:12 to change default tabs for all future docs? Thanks. Great demonstration.