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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Signe<br>
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You will have to translate the fld's text before export, inserting
the<br>
correct number spaces ( based on length of the text in ea. column &
the<br>
tab stops of the fld.) To display correctly, such that text aligns<br>
according to tabs, the text will need to be set to a mono font such
as<br>
Monaco on Mac or Courier New on PC.<br>
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<div>Thanks to Eric, Robert, Andu, Phil and Richard for your replies.
Your replies all seem to confirm that the columns originating from the
tab stops will not be maintained when read to a file without much
customizing and extra scripting. So without putting too much energy
into it, I have found a solution, which is not 100% satisfactory, but
it will do for me. The output file will be read by various teachers on
various platforms, so there is no way to change their Word settings
and I would not want to ask them to change font to a monofont
either.</div>
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<div>My data in the scrolling field can be exemplified as:</div>
<div>Date<x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>Code<x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>Student name<x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>Score</div>
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<div><font face="Helvetica" size="+1" color="#000000">Jan 02
11:30<x-tab> </x-tab>3A1.1<x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab> </x-tab>Anne
Lund Pedersen<x-tab> </x-tab>37
%<x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab></font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="+1" color="#000000">Jan 02
09:30<x-tab> </x-tab>11D1.12<x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>Randi Holt<x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab> </x-tab>8
%</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="+1" color="#000000">Jan 02
10:37<x-tab> </x-tab>3A1.1<x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab> </x-tab>Arve
Pedersen<x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab> </x-tab>17
%<x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab></font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="+1" color="#000000">Jan 02
11:31<x-tab> </x-tab>11D1.12<x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab> </x-tab>Anne
Holt-Rasmussen<x-tab> </x-tab>98
%</font></div>
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<div>Particularly 'Student name' will vary in length whereas 'Date' is
fixed since it is read from a server. 'Code' will vary from 5 to 7
characters, so I add 2 extra spaces at the end of each code.
Originally I used both1 and 2 digits for 'Score' (1,2....99), but at
least I can add 0 in front of 1 to 9. Then as a last change in my data
I place 'Score' in front of 'Student name'.</div>
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<div>Thanks again for all suggestions.</div>
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