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Creating Quiz, Test, Handout forms in Microsoft Word March 5, 2007

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Tabs with Leaders Example

In MS Word, the tabs are set to automatically indent on your page at .5 in. You can also use tabs to create many different kinds of forms.

To create a Table of Contents:

1. Type Table of Contents at the top of your page and press enter twice.

2. Click Format - Tabs

3. In the window, make the Tab Stop Position 6.0. (This position is shown on the ruler at the top of your page.) Make the Alignment - Right. Make the Leader - 3. Click SET and click OK.

4. On your paper type Chapter 1 and press TAB. Then type 1 and ENTER.

5. Type Chapter 2 and press TAB. Then type 15 and ENTER.

6. Type Chapter 3 and press TAB. Then type 22 and ENTER.

(Notice that the LEADER is the dotted lines and the numbers are lined up on the right side of the page.)

Let’s try another kind of tab.

1. Press enter 3 or 4 times and type Application and press enter twice.

2. Click Format - Tabs

3. Click CLEAR ALL at the bottom. This clears the last tab that we used.

4. Make the Tab Stop Position 3.5 (This position is shown on the ruler at the top of your page.) Make the Alignment - Left. Make the Leader - 4. Click SET and click OK.

4. On your paper type Name and press TAB twice then ENTER.

5. Type Address and press TAB then ENTER.

6. Type City, State, Zip and press TAB then ENTER.

(You could select this and make it double spaced to allow more room for the person to write in the blanks. This is also a great way to prompt for a Name at the top of a paper.)

For tests, quizzes, or handouts, TABS are a great way to make lines to write answers in.

1. Press Enter a few times and click Format - Tabs

2. Click CLEAR ALL at the bottom. This clears the last tab that we used.

3. Where it says Default tab stops, delete the number there and type 0.

4. Make the Tab Stop Position 6. Make the Alignment - Left. Make the Leader - 4. Click SET and click OK.

5. Press TAB then Enter (repeat this 5 times). If you type a question on any line it will simply make the leader shorter on that line. Double space it for more room to write answers.
Have FUN with TABS!

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