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Tab Key

The Tab key in the upper-left acts like the Tab key on a typewriter (if you’ve ever used a typewriter) in that after you press the Tab key you’ll start typing at the next tab stop that’s set. In most word processing programs, there is a default tab set every one-half inch; to make others, simply click in the ruler you see across the top of the screen to create a tab stop in the selected paragraph (to remove tabs, press-and-drag the tab markers down off the ruler).

You won’t see a symbol for the Tab key in menus, but you might see it on your word processing page; the symbol varies from program to program.

In spreadsheet and database programs, ...