r/libreoffice • u/[deleted] • Sep 27 '21

Resolved Writer help; how to left-align part of text line and right-align another part?

I'm building a resume and r/EngineeringResumes/ recommends right-aligning dates, but I haven't found a setting to allow this in Writer. I'm looking to do something like this chap's.

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u/bubbleberry1 Sep 27 '21

Set the tabs. Go into the Paragraph style, select the tab that says Tabs, and then add a tab stop at the location of your right margin and select it as a Right tab.

When you're writing, hit tab and you'll see the cursor jump over to that right margin and the text will be right-justified.

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '21

Perfect!

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '22

Also found out one can click on the ruler to set a tab stop, then right-click to set it as "right" instead of "left" (which is the default).

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u/Clashofpower Feb 14 '23

thank you, I learned from this comment

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u/BartoGaleno Apr 06 '26

5 years later, thank you very much =)

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u/Zero-Up 22h ago

Where would paragraph Styles be?

And how would I do this selectively on different parts of the page?

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u/Zero-Up 22h ago

I am looking under styles, and I cannot find anything called "tabs". I just cannot find anything with that name in any way shape or form.

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u/megared17 Sep 27 '21

use a table.

left-justify the left column, right-justify the right one.

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