Tab leaders, help needed urgently

[schubi]

Hello!

I have the following problem which drives me crazy. I have two levels of tabs which have leading dots. What I am trying to achieve is this:

Level 1..........XYZ
Level 2.......ABC
Level 2.......DEF
Level 1..........XYZ



However, for some reason, Word is putting an empty space between the dots on level 1, like so (also please see attached screen capture):

Level 1....... ..XYZ
Level 2.......ABC

I have played around with the Tabs settings and tried everything, but I can't get rid of the stupid empty space. I would really need this solved so many thanks in advance for your help!