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From: "Bill Bienia" <>
Subject: RE: [RMagic] Re: how to line up info in columns
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 17:54:30 -0400
In-Reply-To: <20050819213611.86672.qmail@web33509.mail.mud.yahoo.com>


When using a mono-spaced font for entering these notes, you must remember to
pick the same font and font size when you go to print the report. Otherwise,
the tables will not be aligned the same as when you entered them.

Bill

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Reich [mailto:]
Sent: August 19, 2005 5:36 PM
To:
Subject: [RMagic] Re: how to line up info in columns

You need to use a mono-space (or fixed width) font to make columns line up
the way you describe. See http://www.webopedia.com/quick_ref/fonts.asp In
a monospace font, each character, including spaces, takes up the same amount
of space. In a proportional font (like Ariel) narrow letters (like an
"l") take up less room than wide letters (like a "w"). Spaces also take up
less space.

In RootsMagic, go to Tools-Options, Program Options-Main Screen, Note Editor
Font. Click on the button and you'll see a list of fonts installed on your
system. Pick a mono-space such as "Courier New". Now in your notes, you
can use spaces to set up columns the way you want.

At 04:00 PM 8/19/2005, you wrote:
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>Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 15:56:52 -0500
>From: "Richard Akins" <>
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>Subject: how to line up info in columns
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>Often I want to reproduce a will in a death note. Sometimes there is a
>listing of amount due in a column format. I've tried doing this in WP
>using tabs and copying over to the note, but this produces square
>symbols rather than tabs. I've tried using tabs in writing the note,
>but without success. Finally, I tried formatting the columns by
>inserting spaces to line them up, but, when a report is generated, the
>columns are misaligned. Seems like this should be a simple thing to
>do... any suggestions?
>
>Thanks for the help,


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