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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.
Hi Mike,
I have had a similar problem. When you edit a word document ( stored in Office 365) and add some tab stops then save the document. Reopen the document then you tab stops are gone. So I'm not sure that this is an issue with Word Online at all.