

Now any new tabs that you type are nothing but lowly tabs, and you are back in control of your backspaces.

Word displays the AutoCorrect dialog box. At the left side of the dialog box click Proofing. On the horizontal Ruler bar are indent markers you can drag to a desired location to create paragraph indents.In Word 2010 or a later version display the File tab of the ribbon and then click Options.) (In Word 2007 click the Office button and then click Word Options. If you don't like this feature and want Word to accept your tabs for exactly what they are (tabs), then you need to turn off the feature by following these steps: Then, make sure that the ' Home ' tab is selected in the Word 2010 ribbon (toolbar at the top), and click on the ' Increase Indent ' or ' Decrease Indent ' buttons: As soon as you click on either button, Word will apply the change right away to undo, either press Ctrl+Z or click on the opposite button in the ribbon. It simply means that Word assumes you want to indent the paragraph if you start it out by pressing the Tab key. What you have just experienced is the automatic indenting feature in Word. If you are like me, you probably scream a bit, and then delete the paragraph and continue typing. You've done it before-you are typing along, minding your own business, when you press the Tab key at the beginning of a paragraph and notice that everything in the paragraph is automatically indented.
