# Microsoft $%&#@ Works Problem!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-works-problem/100624
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [March 28, 2002, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-works-problem/100624 "2002-03-28T21:01:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2002, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-works-problem/100624/1 "2002-03-28T21:01:40Z")
(I usually use Word, but my friend’s computer only has Works)
I’m in Works word processor and have created a table with decimal tab stops. So far, so good. But there is no way to insert the actual tab itself! I’m assuming it is control-tab but that does NOTHING.
Is this a bug? Does it work for you?
Any help would be appreciated!
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### Author:  [@AZCowboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AZCowboy)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2002, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-works-problem/100624/2 "2002-03-28T21:28:49Z")
I don’t have Works, and have never used it, but have had a similar problem with tabs in tables.
Here’s one option to try. Go outside the table and insert a tab. Highlight it, copy it to the clipboard, return to the cell in your table and paste.
Good luck.
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### Author:  [@barbitu8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barbitu8)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2002, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-works-problem/100624/3 "2002-03-28T21:29:56Z")
What OS does your friend have? Word 2000 is included in my Microsoft Works on my ME (that’s an oxymoron if I have ever heard one).
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### Author:  [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2002, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-works-problem/100624/4 "2002-03-28T21:43:54Z")
> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by AZCowboy \*
> \*\*I don’t have Works, and have never used it, but have had a similar problem with tabs in tables.
>
> Here’s one option to try. Go outside the table and insert a tab. Highlight it, copy it to the clipboard, return to the cell in your table and paste.
>
> Good luck. \*\*
It worked! Great idea, thanks!
Now, I have a work-around but it would be nice to know what’s up with this.
**barbitu8** The O/S is XP.
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### Author:  [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2002, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-works-problem/100624/5 "2002-03-29T05:02:18Z")
In MSWord (97), Ctrl+Tab is the key sequence to insert a tab within a table. Dunno if it has the same function in Works, though. . . .
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### Author:  [@Urban\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urban_Ranger)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2002, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-works-problem/100624/6 "2002-03-30T12:55:03Z")
For MS Word, \\ inserts a tab in a table. Maybe you can try other combos such as \\…