From: Cap1MD@att.net   
      
   Ray wrote:   
   > Regardless of whether the typeface in the spreadsheet or database is   
   > fixed width or variable, and regardless of whether I choose fixed or   
   > variable as the email typeface, once I paste the selected cells into the   
   > email I'm composing, the columns are no longer aligned. Sometimes there   
   > are four blank spaces between the last character in one column and the   
   > first character of the next column to the right. In the two samples   
   > below, however, there seems to be a tab between the columns, but the   
   > white space varies.   
   >   
   > What's the trick to keeping the columns nicely lined up?   
   >   
   > Thanks,   
   >   
   > Ray   
   >   
   > Here's a sample from Access:   
   > (The column headings are: Last Name, Mar Name, First Name, Add, and EM.   
   > So in the first row, the second Ariel should be under MarName, Arthur   
   > should be under First Name, etc. In the sixth row, the Y should be under   
   > Add.)   
   >   
   > Last Name    MarName    First Name    Add    EM   
   > Airel    Airel    Arthur   
   > Allen    Giordano    Rosemary   
   > Ambrosio    Ambrosio    Cesare   
   > Amodio    Amodio    Pasquale   
   > Arnold    Arnold    Alfred   
   > Asplund    Sifrit    Barbara Ann    Y    ?   
   > Autenrieth    Autenrieth    Fred   
   > Baffa    Baffa    Frank   
   > Bambrick    Bambrick    William E.    Y    Y   
   > Bange    Bange    Joyce   
   > Barnes    Barnes    Dorothy   
   > Bartels    Bartels    William J.   
   > Bass    Bass    Ralph   
   > Bennett    Bennett    Josephine   
   > Berberich    Berberich    Ronald   
   > Bernhardt    Bernhardt    Marcia   
   > Blair    Blair    Ernest   
   > Bohrman    Bohrman    Jacqueline    Y    ?   
   > Bolger    Gallo    Dorothy   
   > Boucher    Boucher    Barbara   
   > Brosonski    Brosonski    Chester    Y    N   
   > Brown    Brown    Carol   
   > Butkus    Burke    Dorothy   
   > Butler    Butler    Thomas   
   > Calianese    Calianese    Mary Ann   
   > Campbell    Campbell    Lawrence   
   > Cannon    Cannon    George   
   > Cantor    Cantor    Howard   
   > Carlock    Carlock    William    Y    ?   
   > Cerchio    Cerchio    Gilda   
   > Ciacciarelli    Barrett    Gloria    Y    ?   
   >   
   > Here's a sample for Word 97 (column headings are lost, probably because   
   > I only selected a limited range of cells):   
   >   
   > Abrutyn    Blackman    Elayne   
   > Airel    Airel    Arthur   
   > Allen    Giordano    Rosemary   
   > Ambrosio    Ambrosio    Cesare   
   > Amodio    Amodio    Pasquale   
   > Arnold    Arnold    Alfred   
   > Asplund    Sifrit    Barbara Ann    Y    ?   
   > Autenrieth    Autenrieth    Fred   
   > Baffa    Baffa    Frank   
   > Bambrick    Bambrick    William   
   > Bange    Bange    Joyce   
   > Barnes    Barnes    Dorothy   
   > Bartels    Bartels    William J.   
   > Bass    Bass    Ralph   
   > Bennett    Bennett    Josephine   
   > Berberich    Berberich    Ronald   
   > Bernhardt    Bernhardt    Marcia   
   > Blair    Blair    Ernest   
   > Bohrman    Bohrman    Jacqueline    Y    ?   
   > Bolger    Gallo    Dorothy   
   > Boucher    Boucher    Barbara   
   > Brosonski    Brosonski    Chester    Y    N   
   > Brown    Brown    Carol   
   > Butkus    Burke    Dorothy   
   > Butler    Butler    Thomas   
   > Calianese    Calianese    Mary Ann   
   > Campbell    Campbell    Lawrence   
   > Cannon    Cannon    George   
   > Cantor    Cantor    Howard   
   > Carlock    Carlock    William    Y    ?   
   > Cerchio    Cerchio    Gilda   
   > Ciacciarelli    Barrett    Gloria    Y    ?   
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   Are you composing in plain text, or html?   
      
   I always noticed this pasting from spreadsheets in plain text, and I   
   alway just corrected it manually.  I don;t know if it would behave   
   better in html, but it might.   
      
   Lee   
      
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