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# Tabulating Text

You can organize text into columns by setting tabs in the Tabulation menu. In a text layer, you can also set tab stops to align text at specific locations in a paragraph.

To access the Tabulation menu:

1. Create a text layer.
2. In the Text menu, click Tabulation.

   The Tabulation menu appears.

The Tabulation controls are described as follows.

Add
  Adds a tab stop on the text layer ruler. By default, tab stops are set at every 100 pixels.
Delete
  Removes the selected tab stop.
Previous
  Selects the previous tab stop on the text ruler. Tab stops appear in yellow when selected.
Next
  Selects the next tab stop on the text ruler.
Tab ID
  Verifies the tab number in the current paragraph. When you click Next or Previous, the Tab ID field changes, showing the number of selected tab stops.
Position
  Sets the exact tab stop position on the X-axis. This value is set in pixels.
Ruler
  Displays or turns off the tabulation ruler in the text layer.
Justification
  Selects Left, Right, or Centre text alignment at the tab stop.

To set a tab stop:

1. In the Tabulation menu, click Add to add the tab stop in a text layer.

   (a) Tab stop shown in the ruler

2. Click the tab stop and drag it to its new location on the ruler. Alternatively, enter a pixel value in the Position field.

   Once you set tab stops for a paragraph, press Tab in subsequent paragraphs to type text in the location of the next tab stop. In a text layer, each time you press Enter, the tab stops you set in the previous paragraph are carried to the next paragraph.