# Inserting tables
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inserting-tables/232468
**Category:** About This Message Board
**Created:** [March 4, 2004, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inserting-tables/232468 "2004-03-04T05:21:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2004, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inserting-tables/232468/1 "2004-03-04T05:21:43Z")
Ok, so how do I insert a table into a thread? Even aligned columns would be nice
---
### Author:  [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2004, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inserting-tables/232468/2 "2004-03-04T05:38:42Z")
Wouldn’t that be posting an attachment?
---
### Author:  [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2004, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inserting-tables/232468/3 "2004-03-04T05:52:28Z")
I mean if I write out a nice table of
Country GDP %
X Y Z
How do I keep the spacing set the way I want it. The boards seem to delete excessive spacing.
---
### Author:  [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2004, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inserting-tables/232468/4 "2004-03-04T06:11:10Z")
Try the code tag
```auto
Country GDP Percentage
US 12 15%
Canada 7 22%
Djibouti 54 11%
```
---
### Author:  [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2004, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inserting-tables/232468/5 "2004-03-06T03:44:42Z")
Brilliant. Thanks **Chronos**.