# Creating a table **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 22, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creating-a-table/586457 "2011-06-22T17:59:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creating-a-table/586457/1 "2011-06-22T17:59:24Z")
I know I asked this years ago but I can’t seem to find it. How do I build a table in to my posts? For example Province-----Revenue—% of Debt A A’ A’’ B B’ B’’ C C’ C’’ Never aligns correctly. How do I clean that up? ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creating-a-table/586457/2 "2011-06-22T18:13:15Z")
Use the code tag. You still need to manually space things out (unless there’s a tabbing tag I’m unaware of), but it’ll retain multiple spaces and monospace the font to allow things to line up more easily. ```auto Province Revenue % of Debt A A' A'' B B' B'' C C' C'' ``` ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creating-a-table/586457/3 "2011-06-22T18:25:23Z")
ah… that helps a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creating-a-table/586457/4 "2011-06-22T18:29:27Z")
If you paste directly from Excel into a code tag, it’ll retain all the columns. ```auto 1 4651 A" 10 3 B" 100 137316 C" ```