how to GLOBALLY clear tab stops in document not1lineata time

[mswordantiaesthetic]

the routine(s) in MSWORD help state that tab symbols on ruler may be "dragged
down" from ruler to clear them. This is fine except that it must be done for
every line (paragraph) in the document...could take hours for a task that
should take maybe 30 seconds. And even then it may not work very well. I want
to globally remove tab stops for the whole document. By this I mean performe
a series of simple steps for removing the tab stops (settings in the ruler)
that will apply to the entire document (or page) without having to repeat the
steps for each line. If this is not possible then it wold be a major weakness
in the word application. Tnank you

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Ctrl+A to select the entire document. Then go to Format | Tabs and click
Clear All. You should be able to do that in far less than 30 seconds.

 

[Pat Garard]

G'Day Anesthetised One,

Select All (CTRL+A)
Format>Tabs
Clear All (button)
Ok (button)

DONE!

You could also use a Macro...
Sub ClearAllTabStops()
'
Selection.WholeStory
Selection.ParagraphFormat.TabStops.ClearAll
End Sub

 

[Pat Garard]

Beaten Again.............

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Yeah, and "mswordantiaesthetic" (posting as "hunguponword") also asked this
in word.application.errors (?) and got the same answer from Jay Freedman.