Tabs / paragraphes

Hi @all!
I´m really looking for help!
I try to design a schedule an have some problems doing this. Here the problem goes:
Schedule looks like this (in a simplified form):
Name          ___________________
Street          ___________________
City             ___________________
etc.
To create a proper schedule, i want to use tabs! i know how to use them and how to set them.
In the first line everything works properly.
In the second line the text is presented block-format (although it should be left-justified) - but there is no different setting than in the first row! The tabs i set in the second row are ignored and the text is streched over the whole wide of the ducument!
Can you tell me, what i have to do, that the tabs work in the hole document???
Even if i make a new document, i still have the same problem!
Thanks a lot in advance,
combocalculater123

Have a look at Michael Murphy's The InDesigner video on creating forms in InDesign. The link below gives access to the video and a template file which might help you setting your document up.
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Message was edited by: Suhas Saha

hi Enrique,
Alignment is a big issue to handle in scripts. Please use the TABs provided in the paragraph format. Each tab means the starting point of next variable.
For eg:
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Message was edited by: Deepak Nagar

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