How to make lines for "fill in the blanks?" (iWork Pages 09)

This should be easy since it's something many people do: design a form for others to fill out with a pen or pencil.  However, I can't find any information regarding how to make a line after text, like this:
Name _________________ Address _________________________________ Phone __________
...without using the underline character.
Back on the Clarisworks days there was some way to make nice neat lines after text using tabs.  However, It's been so long that I can't recall how it worked.  I've Googled this issue using every logical term I can think of but found nothing useful.  The Pages 09 help file and the user guide  seem to be mute on this subject. The Word 2008 help file is similarly silent.  However, I'm sure that the greater Pages community knows the answer to this one.
Thanks,
Bill

What you want is called a tab leader. In Pages, to create the underline:
To create a new tab stop using the Text inspector, click in the document where you want to create a new tab stop, click Inspector in the toolbar, and then click Tabs. Click the Add button in the bottom-left corner of the Tabs pane. The new tab stop appears in the Tab Stops column.
Then  use the Leader drop down menu to choose a solid line:

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