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   robin to Henry   
   Re: Straight text columns   
   31 Mar 11 21:59:04   
   
   XPost: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general   
   From: robin51@dodo.mapson.com.au   
      
   "Henry"  wrote in message news:in0h62$r0f$1@dont-email.me...   
   | 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.   
      
   You need to use a non-proportional font.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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