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Using Tab stops in Word vs. Word Online
Has anyone come accros the issue using tab stopss in a document (Word) and when opening in Word Online the Tab stops are gone? I noticed that I can't create them in Word Online, and the ones created ...
- Err, I think not - HTML CSS and esp. HTML 5 is perfectly able to lay out text on pixel boundaries. Like Google docs has always been able to do as shown here: https://i.imgur.com/oOGwY9z.png - and that's in Edge, not some magic in Chrome.
It's a limitation in the rendering engine used by Microsoft's online Office products - full stop.
After some digging I have come up with the following on this issue: Word Online is not able to display Tab stops. They will not disappear in Word Online but simply cannot be displayed. They are so to speak 'hidden'. Microsoft already stated that Word Online is intended for quick text edits, and not for advanced layout changes.