# Test post -- columns
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-columns/41937
**Category:** About This Message Board
**Created:** [November 20, 2000, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-columns/41937 "2000-11-20T05:41:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@Beruang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beruang)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2000, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-columns/41937/1 "2000-11-20T05:41:45Z")
Just trying to figure out how to use columns:
Ontario 34.22 70.02 2.05
Quebec 24.92 29.98 1.20
British Col 11.30 25.68 2.27
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### Author:  [@Beruang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beruang)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2000, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-columns/41937/2 "2000-11-20T05:50:12Z")
OK, trying again…
Ontario…34.22…70.02…2.05
Quebec…24.92…29.98…1.20
British Columbia.11.30…25.68…2.27
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### Author:  [@Beruang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beruang)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2000, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-columns/41937/3 "2000-11-20T05:54:02Z")
How about a cut-and-paste?
Ontario 34.22 70.02 2.05
Quebec 24.92 29.98 1.20
British C. 11.30 25.68 2.27
How about a table from Word?
Ontario 34.22 70.02 2.05
Quebec 24.92 29.98 1.20
British Columbia 11.30 25.68 2.27
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### Author:  [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2000, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-columns/41937/4 "2000-11-20T05:55:07Z")
Try using the {code} tags. Click on reply with quote to see how easy it is.
```auto
Ontario..........34.22.....70.02.....2.05
Quebec...........24.92.....29.98.....1.20
British Columbia.11.30.....25.68.....2.27
```
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### Author:  [@Beruang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beruang)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2000, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-columns/41937/5 "2000-11-20T05:55:55Z")
How about Courier in Word?
Ontario 34.22 70.02 2.05
Quebec 24.92 29.98 1.20
British C. 11.30 25.68 2.27
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### Author:  [@Beruang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beruang)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2000, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-columns/41937/6 "2000-11-20T05:57:58Z")
> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by bibliophage \*
> \*\*Try using the {code} tags. Click on reply with quote to see how easy it is.
>
> ```auto
>
> Ontario..........34.22.....70.02.....2.05
> Quebec...........24.92.....29.98.....1.20
> British Columbia.11.30.....25.68.....2.27
>
> ```
>
> \*\*
I don’t get it. So what do I do? Type "
```auto
" and then line my numbers up using blank spaces, and then type "
```
"
Gee, I hope the stuff in box parens comes through…
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### Author:  [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2000, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-columns/41937/7 "2000-11-20T05:58:30Z")
test
test link to newsgroup
test link to another newsgroup
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### Author:  [@Beruang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beruang)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2000, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-columns/41937/8 "2000-11-20T05:59:47Z")
OK, it didn’t. So here’s what I want to ask; just substitute “[” wherever I type “(”
It seems that what you are suggesting is I type “(code)” at the start of the section I want to have as columns. Then line everything up using blank spaces. Then type “(/code)” to turn it off?
OK, I’ll give it a shot…
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### Author:  [@Beruang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beruang)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2000, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-columns/41937/9 "2000-11-20T06:01:39Z")
OK, here’s my test, using codes…
```auto
Ontario 34.22 70.02 2.05
Quebec 24.92 29.98 1.20
British Columbia 11.30 25.68 2.27
```
Now, to see if that worked…
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### Author:  [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2000, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-columns/41937/10 "2000-11-20T06:01:43Z")
Before the table, type the word **code** inside brackets [and]. After the table, type **/code** inside brackets.
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### Author:  [@Beruang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beruang)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2000, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-columns/41937/11 "2000-11-20T06:02:41Z")
Yippee!! Thanks, bibliophage! Now, to launch phase two of my plan to take over the message board…
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### Author:  [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2000, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-columns/41937/12 "2000-11-20T15:59:12Z")
now that I finally get to shake montfort’s custom sig.