How to Use WPS Ruler on macOS

Use WPS Ruler through 4 how-to topics, with 4 available without membership and 0 membership-related items; start from the index and jump to the task you need.

How-to Index

How-to Guide

1. Show or hide the ruler

Feature entry: Top menu bar > View > Ruler

1. Open a WPS Writer document.
2. Click View on the top menu bar.
3. Select Ruler to show it.
4. Clear Ruler to hide it.

Success Criteria

• Interface result: The ruler appears or disappears above and to the left of the document area.
• Next action available: You can continue with indent, tab stop, or margin adjustments.

Tips While Using

• Common mistake: Opening the View menu without enabling the Ruler option.
• Environment note: The ruler is easier to review in a page-oriented editing view.

2. Set paragraph indents with the ruler

Feature entry: Horizontal ruler above the document

1. Select the paragraph you want to adjust.
2. Locate the indent markers on the ruler.
3. Drag the upper triangle for a first-line indent.
4. Drag the lower triangle for a hanging indent.
5. Drag the lower rectangle for a left indent.
6. Drag the right-side triangle for a right indent.

Success Criteria

• Interface result: The paragraph start position or following line positions change.
• Next action available: You can continue editing or apply the same layout to other paragraphs.

Tips While Using

• Common mistake: Adjusting markers before selecting the target paragraph.
• Environment note: The ruler scale changes with the selected measurement unit.

3. Set tab stops with the ruler

Feature entry: Left side of the horizontal ruler

1. Open the document you want to edit.
2. Click the tab stop type button on the left side of the ruler to switch alignment type.
3. Click a position on the horizontal ruler to add a tab stop.
4. Press the Tab key in your text to check the alignment result.

Success Criteria

• Interface result: A new tab stop marker appears on the ruler.
• Next action available: Text can jump to the defined position when you press Tab.

Tips While Using

• Common mistake: Adding a tab stop before switching to the needed tab type.
• Environment note: Tab stop behavior depends on paragraph content and Tab key input.

4. Adjust page margins with the ruler

Feature entry: Gray area on the top and left rulers

1. Move the pointer to the boundary between the gray and white areas on the ruler.
2. When the pointer changes to a double-headed arrow, click and drag.
3. Release the pointer when the margin reaches the position you want.
4. Review the page content area after the adjustment.

Success Criteria

• Interface result: The editable page area becomes wider, narrower, taller, or shorter.
• Next action available: You can continue editing, previewing, or refining the layout.

Tips While Using

• Common mistake: Dragging an indent marker instead of the page margin boundary.
• Environment note: Margin changes affect the visible page layout.