Is it humanly possible to change default tab stop in Publisher 200

[MSANOID]

We have several folks accessing our Publisher 2002 newsletter for printing,
editing, etc. and the default tab stop of 0.5 continues to annoy the living
daylights out of us. We need it to stay put at 0.2, but I find no cure for
the common stupid programming issue. Tell me you have resolved this and have
an answer? I tried the default text box download, NOTHING allows you to
simply change the tab default - why, oh why Microsoft must you allow this to
happen??? If it takes Publisher 2003 to work this issue out, then I expect a
free copy upgrade to 2003! Highly frustrated with such a simple request
being IMPOSSIBLE! Help!!!!

 

[Mary Sauer]

Format, tabs, up in the right corner, change the default...

 

[MSANOID]

OK. I guess I should have been more specific since I train people on MS
applications. I know how to change it while you are working on a document;
however, when you close and re-enter a document from any computer anywhere,
it automatically defaults back to 0.5 and you have to manually change it to
0.2 so it doesn't skew your printing into a major disaster. Since Word is so
easy to manipulate and change your defaults, it seemed like Publisher
shouldn't be so difficult to manipulate the default settings. So, in summary,
I know how to change it and navigate the menus; however, how to you make it
stay that way on a permanent basis, so you don't have to instruct your
coworkers to be sure and manually change the tab default each and every time
you LOOK at a document to ensure it's formatting doesn't go to !@#$!@ right
in front of your eyes and heaven forbid you print the mess forgetting to
change the tab. Just seems a bit awkward in the desktop publishing concept.
I think I saw a "blog" out there somewhere with your name and credentials on
it where you told someone it was a "bug" that couldn't be fixed, and I was
hoping otherwise.

 

[Mary Sauer]

Is this what you are looking for?
Set defaults for new text boxes in all Publisher publications
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011196811033.aspx