Hi Dave,
I think the problem is that, by default, Npp uses a monospaced font (all characters has the same width) whereas the defaul Lotus e-mail font (let's say Arial) is not monospaced so when you paste the text you have the same number of chars in each column but, these chars have different witdth, and hence, the columns get messed up.
If this is the case, you have two solutions:
1- Select a monospaced font in Lotus (Courier New should do the trick) or
2- Use tabs to separe columns instead of spaces.
For example:
aaaa 2nd
AAAA 2nd
Is un-aligned, since upercase A is far wider than lowercase a
aaaa 2nd
AAAA 2nd
Keeps aligned since we use tabs instead of spaces
I hope this helps
Regards
José E
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Thanks! That was the solution. Using a monospaced font in LNotes aligned the columns properly.
Now if I want to copy into, say, a spreadsheet, using a monospaced font works also, but copies the entire line into the contents of a line into a single cell. Is there a way to spread the contents into separate cells? Or should I be consulting a different forum on that question?
Thanks again!
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I'd check the documentation for the LNotus client first. My first attempt would be to insert tabs at the positions where the cell being copied into changes. Not tested.
CChris
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Great app!! I'm using it all the time now.
Q: When copying/pasting selected lines from NP++ to another application window (e.g. LNotes email client), how do you preserve the column alignments?
Sorry if this is obvious or posted elsewhere, but I couldn't find the answer.
Does anyone know how to do this? tnx...
My first question would be: how are they not preserved? Could you explain what happens and when?
CChris
Hi Dave,
I think the problem is that, by default, Npp uses a monospaced font (all characters has the same width) whereas the defaul Lotus e-mail font (let's say Arial) is not monospaced so when you paste the text you have the same number of chars in each column but, these chars have different witdth, and hence, the columns get messed up.
If this is the case, you have two solutions:
1- Select a monospaced font in Lotus (Courier New should do the trick) or
2- Use tabs to separe columns instead of spaces.
For example:
aaaa 2nd
AAAA 2nd
Is un-aligned, since upercase A is far wider than lowercase a
aaaa 2nd
AAAA 2nd
Keeps aligned since we use tabs instead of spaces
I hope this helps
Regards
José E
Thanks! That was the solution. Using a monospaced font in LNotes aligned the columns properly.
Now if I want to copy into, say, a spreadsheet, using a monospaced font works also, but copies the entire line into the contents of a line into a single cell. Is there a way to spread the contents into separate cells? Or should I be consulting a different forum on that question?
Thanks again!
I'd check the documentation for the LNotus client first. My first attempt would be to insert tabs at the positions where the cell being copied into changes. Not tested.
CChris