XPost: alt.os.windows.xp, microsoft.public.windowsxp.general   
   From: robert_c72@hotmail.invalid   
      
   On 3/30/2011 8:17 PM, Henry wrote:   
   > I'm running WinXP Pro SP3, 2.7GHz CPU, 2G RAM with Textpad as a text   
   > program.   
   >   
   > 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.   
   >   
   > I'm using Mozilla for email. I tried Outlook on my wifes computer with   
   > the same results.   
   >   
   > Thanks   
   >   
   > Henry   
      
   "..using Mozilla for email." Mozilla offers multiple applications.   
   Firefox? Thunderbird?   
      
   Pure text doesn't really include a mechanism for that beyond positioning   
   text with spaces. Even with that the author has to create the text   
   displaying a fixed width font (like Courier) and the reader may have to   
   use the menus in their reader application to display the article with a   
   fixed width font. It may be advisable to include advise to "read in a   
   fixed width font" in the text above the table. If someone is reading   
   your article in an application or web based forum that doesn't offer a   
   fixed width font they may be able to copy the table to the operating   
   system's clip board and paste it into their favorite word processor.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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