tab order issue

[met99]

hi,

i am new to this forum and i am also relatively new to ms office word.

i have version 2007 on windows xp.

i am writing a letter where i use a lot of tabs in order to keep some uniformity with the paragraphs.

after compiling the letter which takes me forever, because i am also very slow in typing, i save the document.
.....so far so good.

i then want to email it to a friend, so i enclose it and send it to him via email.

as he opens it, he notices the text is all over the place and the sentences loose the tab unity..

anyone out there with suggestions, of one of the many things i may be doing wrong?