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Re: Want to write up quick balance sheet, etc. Via tables?


From: David Combs
Subject: Re: Want to write up quick balance sheet, etc. Via tables?
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 05:52:07 +0000 (UTC)

In article <87bo43c60f.fsf@informatimago.com>,
Pascal J. Bourguignon <pjb@informatimago.com> wrote:
>dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs) writes:
>
>> MY QUESTION:
>>
>> How to make it easy, almost foolproof, to be able to quickly format
>> the stuff I type in.
>
>
>Type stuff:
>
>cash       20,000          short term debt   89,000
>cash      20,000          short term debt   89,000
>cash       20,000         short term debt   89,000
>cash      20,000         short term debt   89,000
>cash       20,000          short term debt    89,000
>cash       20,000          short term debt     89,000
>
>Select it, type M-x align-cols RET and get:
>
>cash       20,000          short term debt     89,000
>cash       20,000          short term debt     89,000
>cash       20,000          short term debt     89,000
>cash       20,000          short term debt     89,000
>cash       20,000          short term debt     89,000
>cash       20,000          short term debt     89,000
>
>
>-- 
>__Pascal Bourguignon__
>http://www.informatimago.com/


Thank you!  Had never heard of align-cols.  Will try it!

David



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