I am banging my head on my desk that this was so simple, after you explained it! I like the way you explained, as well: very direct, simple instructions. I've been wrestling with underlined tabs for a couple of years now and this made it all so simple! Thank you :)
What a gift to have been blessed by this brief, highly instructive demo teaching! You are a pro teacher who is able to simplify for our ease of use! Appreciate this soooo much!
Bloody brilliant! Like downplay18 said below, I've been trying to figure this out for weeks trying to get just the right search terms until voila, found you and this mystery has been solved!
NOW Google is giving me all sorts of options for this. :rolleyes: If you double click on your tabstop, you can select a "leader" and underline is one of the options (NOTE: this is for Word/Office 365).
I have a form I'm trying to fill out but my text has a space between the line and the text it's not sitting over the line? How do I get it to sit on top of the line like writing on binder paper?
Nice video, helped a lot, but what about when the person has to fill more than one line? Because with this method then the text moves to another paragraph and etc.
This method is super-fast and works for simple forms, but it has limitations. There are better methods out there for creating forms in Word when you need to collect blocks of text.
@@stephenlepage it does on mine, I am trying to fill in but, my texts breaks the line. The texts dont stay on top of the lines. I dont know what I'm doing wrong.
In general, if you position your cursor on the boundary of two different styles and start typing, the new text will inherit the style to the left of the cursor. If the style to the left of your cursor is not underlined, your new text won't be either, so if there's an underlined tab to the right of the cursor, then the line will appear to shrink.
Could we set the tab in such way that whenever we need a line for blanks in objective type paper then we can create a line by simply pressing the tab .
You could use a special type of tab called a leader tab - which can fill a line up with an underline when you push the TAB key if you set it up right, but it’s only good for printing. It doesn’t work with forms to be filled out in Word itself, so it defeats the purpose. Unfortunately, if you enable the underlining style by pressing ctrl+U, but then move your cursor elsewhere without entering any text, Word cancels the style change, so you can't ‘prime’ a point to have underlining at the push of the TAB key or of the inputting of text into a form.
It's a good question. The Three Tabs method isn't perfect, but it is super fast and tidier than underscores. You might have better results with a smaller gap between the first two tabs, or alternatively, do a 'two tabs method' containing a space character followed by a tab character. (With an underlined space, all typing after the space inherits the underlined property from the space character.) There are other methods out there for form creation using the Developer menu that are more bullet proof - but they take some time to learn and set up. It's a tradeoff.
The lines are simply characters with underlining style enabled. To delete the line, you need to either delete the character(s) which are underlined, or highlight them and toggle the underlining status to off by pressing ctrl+U.
I want to create a form in which one section of the form has three lines that can be filled with text where the text will flow from one line to the next without extending the count of the three lines. How do you do this? I followed your video. I created three lines with the text flowing from line to line, but each time I flow to the next line, a new additional blank line is created. How do I avoid this from happening?
Ironically, it wouldn't even be an issue if we could just underline 1 tab between two tab markers, but you can't just click at the beginning of the underlining and start typing because the new text inherits the properties to the LEFT of the cursor and won't be underlined! If only new text typed at the boundary of two different styles inherited the properties of the text on the RIGHT of the cursor, none of this would be an issue.
They are set according to a selection of text. If you click outside this selection, you won't see the tabs anymore. You might be able to transfere tab points from one part of your document to another easily with the Format Painter.
I had the same problem. make more tab where you want the lines on the ruler. go to where you want the line, do ctrl+u, tab. the underline will show up:)
There is a choice of tab types: Left, Center, Right, Decimal and Bar. Left is the default type of tab, so I didn't have to change anything, but it is worth mentioning. www.mediacollege.com/microsoft/word/tabs.html
You can set an underline style by pressing pressing ctrl+U (to toggle this setting on) immediately before typing anywhere, however, if you press ctrl+U at a cursor position without anything being highlighted, shift your cursor away, and shift it back, the underlying status from that cursor position is not preserved. The first of the three tabs provides a workaround for this because in general, all new characters inherit the style to the *left* of the cursor. i.e. It's the underling of the first Tab-character located between the first and second Tab-stops that sets the style of newly typed characters at the second Tab stop. N.B. This method does rely on the user clicking at the right place before typing.
I've recently added english subtitles to my video. I hope that clarifies what to press. I've written TAB in capitals when I'm referring to the 'Tab' key on your keyboard.
I am banging my head on my desk that this was so simple, after you explained it! I like the way you explained, as well: very direct, simple instructions. I've been wrestling with underlined tabs for a couple of years now and this made it all so simple! Thank you :)
The answer that i have been searching since 10 years ago.
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Exactly what I was looking for! Thank you so much!
What a gift to have been blessed by this brief, highly instructive demo teaching! You are a pro teacher who is able to simplify for our ease of use! Appreciate this soooo much!
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while! thanks a lot, finally i have found exact what i have been looking for.
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very clear instructions. contrary to other 8 videos i watched.
Thank u for your video .First time I know this method.
Bloody brilliant! Like downplay18 said below, I've been trying to figure this out for weeks trying to get just the right search terms until voila, found you and this mystery has been solved!
NOW Google is giving me all sorts of options for this. :rolleyes: If you double click on your tabstop, you can select a "leader" and underline is one of the options (NOTE: this is for Word/Office 365).
Straight to the point explanation. Thanks!
Only quick video that I've found that explains what I was looking for with ease! Very simple and just what I was looking for, thank you!
Quick- easy explanation. Thanks!
my teachers need to wach this vid... cuz they just put underscores so when i try to write my writting goes inbetween the lines lol
Yes!!! This is what I have been needing! no more underscoring for lines!
Legend. 5 second explanation, works perfectly. Thanks!!
You saved the day! Very helpful video.
Thank you! Very helpful
Thank you so much for this, I have struggled a lot with this.
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well done sir! I always suspected there was a line "ghost in the machine"!
Useful,Thanks
I have a form I'm trying to fill out but my text has a space between the line and the text it's not sitting over the line? How do I get it to sit on top of the line like writing on binder paper?
Thanks a lot for explaining so easily...
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Thank you for this tutorial! I have been searching for so long and this is exactly what I need!
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Nice. Is there any way to have two fields on a single line. I had trouble when I tried to do this twice on the same line but works nicely otherwise.
Nice video, helped a lot, but what about when the person has to fill more than one line? Because with this method then the text moves to another paragraph and etc.
This method is super-fast and works for simple forms, but it has limitations. There are better methods out there for creating forms in Word when you need to collect blocks of text.
Your subtitles really helped!!! thank you!!!!
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How to answer without moving linnes
But how do you use the already existing line to type your text without it shrinking the line
Jake Sydney The line won’t shrink if you position your cursor on the second tab before you begin typing
@@stephenlepage it does on mine, I am trying to fill in but, my texts breaks the line. The texts dont stay on top of the lines. I dont know what I'm doing wrong.
In general, if you position your cursor on the boundary of two different styles and start typing, the new text will inherit the style to the left of the cursor. If the style to the left of your cursor is not underlined, your new text won't be either, so if there's an underlined tab to the right of the cursor, then the line will appear to shrink.
Informative video, keep sharing
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Thank you! This is perfect!
Could we set the tab in such way that whenever we need a line for blanks in objective type paper then we can create a line by simply pressing the tab .
You could use a special type of tab called a leader tab - which can fill a line up with an underline when you push the TAB key if you set it up right, but it’s only good for printing. It doesn’t work with forms to be filled out in Word itself, so it defeats the purpose.
Unfortunately, if you enable the underlining style by pressing ctrl+U, but then move your cursor elsewhere without entering any text, Word cancels the style change, so you can't ‘prime’ a point to have underlining at the push of the TAB key or of the inputting of text into a form.
Thank you
Can you make the text bold without making the underline bold?
how do i write under the line to indicate the spot were "surname", "first name" and "other names" should be written?
It's a good question. The Three Tabs method isn't perfect, but it is super fast and tidier than underscores. You might have better results with a smaller gap between the first two tabs, or alternatively, do a 'two tabs method' containing a space character followed by a tab character. (With an underlined space, all typing after the space inherits the underlined property from the space character.) There are other methods out there for form creation using the Developer menu that are more bullet proof - but they take some time to learn and set up. It's a tradeoff.
Nice video, please let me know how can I delete the line created if I wish to.
The lines are simply characters with underlining style enabled. To delete the line, you need to either delete the character(s) which are underlined, or highlight them and toggle the underlining status to off by pressing ctrl+U.
This sounds pretty easy but what if you have a lot of different lines and lengths of lines. I feel like im at a loss.
Very well explained! This will make my life a lot easier! :)
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I want to create a form in which one section of the form has three lines that can be filled with text where the text will flow from one line to the next without extending the count of the three lines. How do you do this? I followed your video. I created three lines with the text flowing from line to line, but each time I flow to the next line, a new additional blank line is created. How do I avoid this from happening?
Very helpful! Thank you!
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Microsoft this shouldn't be this hard to find. There needs to be a simple button for this.
Ironically, it wouldn't even be an issue if we could just underline 1 tab between two tab markers, but you can't just click at the beginning of the underlining and start typing because the new text inherits the properties to the LEFT of the cursor and won't be underlined! If only new text typed at the boundary of two different styles inherited the properties of the text on the RIGHT of the cursor, none of this would be an issue.
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My words are messing up the line what do I do ?
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Thank you sir
My set tabs keep disappearing.
They are set according to a selection of text. If you click outside this selection, you won't see the tabs anymore. You might be able to transfere tab points from one part of your document to another easily with the Format Painter.
Thanq sir
How to do this inside a table?
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this won't work when i want to write a text that is more than one line , everything pushed down when the line ends and my text goes to the second line
I had the same problem. make more tab where you want the lines on the ruler. go to where you want the line, do ctrl+u, tab. the underline will show up:)
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That is correct. This technique is for those wanting a quick and easy way to do simple forms in Microsoft Word, but it is not without limitations.
what's left tab?
There is a choice of tab types: Left, Center, Right, Decimal and Bar. Left is the default type of tab, so I didn't have to change anything, but it is worth mentioning. www.mediacollege.com/microsoft/word/tabs.html
thanks buddy
Thanks you
Tab just sends me to the right without underlining (I turned on underlining)
You can set an underline style by pressing pressing ctrl+U (to toggle this setting on) immediately before typing anywhere, however, if you press ctrl+U at a cursor position without anything being highlighted, shift your cursor away, and shift it back, the underlying status from that cursor position is not preserved. The first of the three tabs provides a workaround for this because in general, all new characters inherit the style to the *left* of the cursor. i.e. It's the underling of the first Tab-character located between the first and second Tab-stops that sets the style of newly typed characters at the second Tab stop. N.B. This method does rely on the user clicking at the right place before typing.
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Doesn’t work wth??
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tab send me to another page every time
i dont get what to press
I've recently added english subtitles to my video. I hope that clarifies what to press. I've written TAB in capitals when I'm referring to the 'Tab' key on your keyboard.