Re: Want to write up quick balance sheet, etc. Via tables?

[Andreas Röhler]

Am 09.09.2013 00:17, schrieb Pascal J. Bourguignon:
> dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs) writes:
>
> > MY QUESTION:
> >
> > How to make it easy, almost foolproof, to be able to quickly format
> > the stuff I type in.
>
>
> Type stuff:
>
> cash       20,000          short term debt   89,000
> cash      20,000          short term debt   89,000
> cash       20,000         short term debt   89,000
> cash      20,000         short term debt   89,000
> cash       20,000          short term debt    89,000
> cash       20,000          short term debt     89,000
>
> Select it, type M-x align-cols RET and get:
>
> cash       20,000          short term debt     89,000
> cash       20,000          short term debt     89,000
> cash       20,000          short term debt     89,000
> cash       20,000          short term debt     89,000
> cash       20,000          short term debt     89,000
> cash       20,000          short term debt     89,000

Put into a buffer in org-mode

After replacing commata by dots

M-x org-table-convert-region

| cash | 20.000 | short | term | debt | 89.000 |
| cash | 20.000 | short | term | debt | 89.000 |
| cash | 20.000 | short | term | debt | 89.000 |
| cash | 20.000 | short | term | debt | 89.000 |
| cash | 20.000 | short | term | debt | 89.000 |
| cash | 20.000 | short | term | debt | 89.000 |