How do I turn off auto spacing in Word?

Question

I am trying to write my resume in Word. I have my "work experience" furthest to the left under that I have the "Company Name" further right. THen what I did for them is under that and slightly more to the right. Every time I try to use the space bar or the tab key to move the words around where I want them, Word ends up moving around the lines above it then sometimes it just won't let me move lines at all. I just want to be able to move every line the way where I want it to be without it effecting all the lines above and below it. How do I do this?

Answer 1

You need to understand and learn how to Indent paragraphs, check:

• Word 2003 http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HP051884061033.aspx?pid=CH060830281033



• Word 2007 http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HP100165281033.aspx?pid=CH100970231033

Answer 2

Difficult positioning problems are often cured by using a table with invisible borders.



In Word versions prior to Word 2007 (Vista):



1. Click the Table->Insert->Table menu item.

2. Give the table two columns and as many rows as you feel like. You can always add or delete rows later. I suggest you make a row per entry. This will keep your left-hand entries neatly associated with the right.



Other thoughts:



1. To turn off the borders, click in the table, then click the Tables->Table properties menu item. Select Borders and shading and edit to suit.

2. Even with the borders turned off, you can show the non-printing gridlines with the Table->Show Gridlines menu item.

3. You can use the first row as a table header that will be repeated on each page. To do this, click in the first row, then click the Table >Heading Rows Repeat menu item.



In Word 2007:



1. Click the Insert tab on the Ribbon.

2. In the Tables group, click Table.

3. Create a two-column table with as many rows as you want. If you have items in both columns that should stay adjacent to each other, make them a row.



To turn off the borders



1. Select the Design tab.

2. Select the entire table.

3. Open the Borders list box and select No Borders.



To show the non-printing gridlines instead of the borders



1. Click in the table.

2. Click the Layout tab.

3. Click View Gridlines.



Hope that helps.

Answer 3

If I understand your question right, just right click on the ruler to make a indention so when you hit tab it will put it there. If your talkin about alignment just highlight then click the button.