I am trying to use the powerful org-table features of org-mode to solve a simple problem I have imported a table from excel in both cvs and tab-delimited formats and converted the region to table
the table looks like this: ################################################################################## | Entry | Entry name | Protein names | Gene names | Length |
| Q01284 | 2NPD_NEUCR | Nitronate monooxygenase (EC 1.13.12.16) (2-nitropropane dioxygenase) (2-NPD) (Nitroalkane oxidase) | ncd-2 G17A4.200 NCU03949 | 378 | | P05195 | 3DHQ_NEUCR | Catabolic 3-dehydroquinase (cDHQase) (EC 4.2.1.10) (3-dehydroquinate dehydratase) | qa-2 NCU06023 | 173 |
| Q7SDX3 | 3HAO_NEUCR | 3-hydroxyanthranilate 3,4-dioxygenase (EC 1.13.11.6) (3-hydroxyanthranilate oxygenase) (3-HAO) (3-hydroxyanthranilic acid dioxygenase) (HAD) (Biosynthesis of nicotinic acid protein 1) | bna-1 NCU03282 | 180 |
| P07046 | 3SHD_NEUCR | 3-dehydroshikimate dehydratase (DHS dehydratase) (DHSase) (EC 4.2.1.-) | qa-4 NCU06024 | 359 | ##################################################################################
but as soon as I try to align the columns, then org-table introduces a myriad of spaces where there were previously none Why is this happening? What am I doing wrong?
I want to use org-mode for Bioinformatics and teach students to use it as a tool, but I cannot do it unless things work seamless on my hands