<tab> (Tab Stop)

This element specifies a single tab stop to be used on a line of text when there are one or more tab characters present within the text. When there is more than one present than they should be utilized in increasing position order which is specified via the <pos> attribute.

example: 
<p:txBody>
  …
  <a:p>
    <a:pPr …>
      <a:tabLst>
        <a:tab pos="2292350" algn="l"/>
        <a:tab pos="2627313" algn="l"/>
        <a:tab pos="2743200" algn="l"/>
        <a:tab pos="2974975" algn="l"/>
      </a:tabLst>
    </a:pPr>
    …
    <a:t>Sample Text</a:t>
    …
  </a:p>
  …
</p:txBody>

The paragraph within which this <<a:tab>> information resides will have a total of 4 unique tab stops that should be listed in order of increasing position. Along with specifying the tab position each tab allows for the specifying of an alignment. ]

Parent Elements

<tabLst> (§5.1.5.2.13)

Attributes

Description

<algn> (Tab Alignment)

Specifies the alignment that is to be applied to text using this tab stop. If this attribute is omitted then the application default for the generating application.

The possible values for this attribute are defined by the ST_TextTabAlignType simple type (§5.1.12.80).

<pos> (Tab Position)

Specifies the position of the tab stop relative to the left margin. If this attribute is omitted then the application default for tab stops will be used.

The possible values for this attribute are defined by the ST_Coordinate32 simple type (§5.1.12.17).

The following XML Schema fragment defines the contents of this element:

<complexType name="CT_TextTabStop">
	<attribute name="pos" type="ST_Coordinate32" use="optional"/>
	<attribute name="algn" type="ST_TextTabAlignType" use="optional"/>
</complexType>