Using Tabs within a Table Cell

Question

I am using word 2008 and working in a document that was created on a PC a ways back.  I am working in a table which has a tab set within a cell. When entering new data, even though the tab is set, the tab key just advances to the next cell, not to the tab stop.  The only way I can enter new data that is formatted correctly is to copy an old cell and change the data.  Does tabbing within a cell no longer function or is there something else I must do? 

In the following example, the tab is used to enter the year on the second line so it is positioned equally for all cells.

MRS. MIGHTY MOUSE

(Jane)                  ‘83

306 Cheese Lane

Dairy Mills, PA 77777

555-532-5555

E-MAIL: ******@disney.net

Answer 1

To enter a tab character within a cell, press Option Tab.