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   From: rednoise@REMOVETHIScomcast.net   
      
   On 30 Mar 2011, Henry  wrote in   
   microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:   
      
   > Is there a way to make the columns stay lined up straight in an   
   > ASCII text editor?  Newsgroups insist on text only submissions,   
   > but when I put up a list of things with more than one column, the   
   > outcome is that the columns don't stay aligned. It doesn't matter   
   > if I put the data directly in the email or attach it to the email,   
   > the columns don't stay aligned.   
      
   You have no real control over it. The control is up to the viewer. They   
   will have the best chance of viewing the columns as you intend if you:   
      
   - use spaces between columns rather than tabs   
   - keep the total line length short, no more than about 75 characters   
      
   and they:   
      
   - use a monospace font such as Courier   
   - turn of anything in their viewer/editor that wraps columns.   
      
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