# tab element (tabsElt complexType)

Represents a tab stop.

## Usage

    <tab
    	val="tabJCValue"
    	leader="tabTLCValue"
    	pos="signedTwipsMeasureType"
    />

## Element Information

Element type | tabStopProperty
Namespace | http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2003/wordml
Schema name | XML Document 2003

## Elements and Attributes

### Parent Elements

Element | Description
--- | ---
tabs | Represents tab stop list.

### Child Elements

None.

### Attributes

Attribute | Type | Required | Description | Possible Values
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
val | tabJCValue | required | Gets or sets tab alignment (or clear). | clear left center right decimal bar list
leader | tabTLCValue | optional | Gets or sets style of the empty space in front of the tab. | none dot hyphen underscore heavy middle-dot
pos | signedTwipsMeasureType | required | Gets or sets position. |

## Definition

    <xsd:element name="tab" type="tabStopProperty" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded" >
    </xsd:element>

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