Is there a way to stop MS Word 2013 from inserting a tab when I double click to the right of a blank paragraph

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When I double click to the right of a pragraph mark of an empty paragraph, Word inserts a tab. Word will also sometimes insert a tab in an empty paragraph if I click and drag to select text and I stop to the right of a blank paragraph mark. Is there any way to stop this annoying (and buggy) behavior? Deselecting "Set left- and first-indent with tabs and backspaces" in the "Autoformat as you type" tab of the Autocorrect options has no apparent effect.

George

Posted 2016-11-09T15:20:59.983

Reputation: 13

Answers

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If the Enable click and type check box is selected on the Advanced tab in Word Options, that would cause the tab when you click to the right of the paragraph mark. However, I've never heard of this inserting a tab during a drag operation. It doesn't do that for me, at any rate (but I'm also using Word 2016, not 2013).

cnread

Posted 2016-11-09T15:20:59.983

Reputation: 1 941

Disabling the Enable click and type solves both issues completely. The insertion of a tab when I drag to select text and end the drag to the right of a blank paragraph mark has been annoying me for years. Thanks!! – George – 2016-12-04T03:16:38.680

Asked: 2016-11-09T15:20:59.983

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