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getbak · 03-27-2007, 04:19 PM

I don't believe the Forum software currently allows for tables inside of posts, which is why it loses the formatting.

What I usually do is change the font of my post to "Courier New", which is a fixed width font (meaning every character, be it A, I , X or [, is the same width).

Then, to fix spacing, I add in periods between the letters.

That way, instead of:

TEAM GP W L T PTS
VANCOUVER 75 45 23 7 97
MINNESOTA 76 45 24 7 97
CALGARY 75 40 25 10 90
COLORADO 75 39 29 7 85
EDMONTON 76 31 38 7 69

you get:

TEAM........GP..W..L..T..PTS
VANCOUVER...75.45.23..7...97
MINNESOTA...76.45.24..7...97
CALGARY.....75.40.25.10...90
COLORADO....75.39.29..7...85
EDMONTON....76.31.38..7...69

It's not perfect, but it works. If you want to get fancy, change the colour of the periods to white, so they don't show up and add underlining and vertical pipes to make it look more tabular.

TEAM......| GP.|. W.|. L.|. T..|PTS
VANCOUVER.| 75.| 45.| 23.|. 7..|.97
MINNESOTA.| 76.| 45.| 24.|. 7..|.97
CALGARY...| 75.| 40.| 25.| 10..|.90
COLORADO..| 75.| 39.| 29.|. 7..|.85
EDMONTON..| 76.| 31.| 38.|. 7..|.69

03-27-2007, 04:19 PM	#3
getbak Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Calgary, AB Exp:	I don't believe the Forum software currently allows for tables inside of posts, which is why it loses the formatting. What I usually do is change the font of my post to "Courier New", which is a fixed width font (meaning every character, be it A, I , X or [, is the same width). Then, to fix spacing, I add in periods between the letters. That way, instead of: TEAM GP W L T PTS VANCOUVER 75 45 23 7 97 MINNESOTA 76 45 24 7 97 CALGARY 75 40 25 10 90 COLORADO 75 39 29 7 85 EDMONTON 76 31 38 7 69 you get: TEAM........GP..W..L..T..PTS VANCOUVER...75.45.23..7...97 MINNESOTA...76.45.24..7...97 CALGARY.....75.40.25.10...90 COLORADO....75.39.29..7...85 EDMONTON....76.31.38..7...69 It's not perfect, but it works. If you want to get fancy, change the colour of the periods to white, so they don't show up and add underlining and vertical pipes to make it look more tabular. TEAM......\| GP.\|. W.\|. L.\|. T..\|PTS VANCOUVER.\| 75.\| 45.\| 23.\|. 7..\|.97 MINNESOTA.\| 76.\| 45.\| 24.\|. 7..\|.97 CALGARY...\| 75.\| 40.\| 25.\| 10..\|.90 COLORADO..\| 75.\| 39.\| 29.\|. 7..\|.85 EDMONTON..\| 76.\| 31.\| 38.\|. 7..\|.69 __________________ Turn up the good, turn down the suck! Last edited by getbak; 03-27-2007 at 04:23 PM.