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Tabs! Tabs! Tabs!

PLEASE! I do not understand what is so hard about adding tabs to Word Online. There is no way to say that Word online is better than Google Docs when it is missing the most basic of functions

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  • prasad commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Looks like Microsoft hiring pathetic developers. Tab key not working in online version except start of the line. Give me one reason why shouldn't I move to other Google Docs.

  • Brayden commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    STOP AGURING OVER IT AND SHUT UP IT IS GETTING OLD THEY BOTH ARE GREAT GOOGLE DOCS IS THE SAME AS WORD BUT A DIFFERENT LOOK!

  • Angus commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I'm not sure what you're on about. Tabbing across the page works just fine in web version.

  • Donna Smith commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Forced to use Office 365 at work and no tab. This is beyond laughable, into absolutely pathetic. Good thing I don't have to use it at home.

  • doesitmatter commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Incredible. They're not even trying to compete with google docs. Nice job Microsoft, and here I thought you had some repute as a software company, but this is actually laughable.

  • The Control Voice commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    The fact that there is no tab functionality in Word Online is ridiculous and stupid. Word Online is worthless feldergarb. This makes me less, not more, likely to buy Office 2019 or Office 365. Just use free office software such as LibreOffice, WPS Office, or SoftMaker FreeOffice instead.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    It's infuriating to find out I paid for this app in Windows 10 and it doesn't do a BASIC word function like TAB.

  • Michael Winger commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I see that this has been an issue now for well over 3 years! What gives? If my company didn't force me to use word online and I wasn't trying to use it within Teams, I would be all over GOOGLE DOCS.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    TAB management & customization is CRITICAL. I must go back to using Polaris Office because Word App on my Android 7.0 mobile phone is of no value for my Resumes without being able to TAB. And create custom tabs & use default tabs, even. I had high hopes, but they have been dashed. Need the dang RULERS, which I would think every MS developer KNOWS... so add this critical stuff, DEVs!

  • John Cafiero commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    After deciding to move away from Google Docs, I was excited to go back to my first love, MS Word, online, but without tab key functionality, it's very nearly unusable for me. A very basic and widely used formatting function.

  • Peter Crane commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    A very basic function of a text editor still not working in Word Online. Makes it difficult to create tabbed columns.

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