Of course my message did not answer your question. Marking the message as a "help" seems more appropriate to me - if you think it was helpful.
As to the original question, I didn't quite understand it - that was why I didn't try to find a solution.
Hilmar.
>Gee Hilmar,
>
>Thanks so much. Maybe I should mark your reply as the answer to my question.
>
>N.
>
>>>i guess my little illustration in the previous post didn't show up right. let me try again.
>>>
>>>=============================================================
>>>------------------Chestnut Street---------CA----------
>>>Jane-----Smith----------------------SF-----------94111
>>>=============================================================
>>
>>For neat formatting, you should use the HTML tags < PRE > and < /PRE >. This will use a fixed-sized font, and maintain spaces and tabs. In this case, the picture in your original posting would look like this:
>>
>>
>>--------------------------------------------------------
>> Chestnut Street CA
>>Jane Smith SF
>>
>>--------------------------------------------------------
>>
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