View.ShowTabs Property (Word)
True if tab characters are displayed. Read/write Boolean.
Syntax
expression .ShowTabs
expression An expression that returns a View object.
Example
This example inserts a tab before the selection and displays tab characters in the window for Document2.
With Windows("Document2")
.Activate
.View.ShowTabs = True
End With
Selection.InsertBefore vbTab
Selection.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
This example splits the active window, shows tab characters in the first pane, and hides tab characters in the second pane.
With ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow
.Split = True
.Panes(1).View.ShowTabs = True
.Panes(2).View.ShowTabs = False
End With