If you want to add tab stops to existing text, first highlight the text. Then select the tab and click on a position on the ruler. Removing Tab Stops To remove a tab stop, Click on the tab marker on the ruler. Drag it off the ruler. Adding Tab Leaders You can add tab leaders to a tab stop.
Tab leaders are characters that appear in the space between the columns.
For example, the Table of Contents page of this handout has dots between the topic and the page number. Besides having dot leaders, you can also have dashes or an underline. To add the tab leaders, Select Format Tabs. Select the leader from the box. Enter the tab position.