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If you're on any version of Windows, you have it. It came with the machine.

I know everyone's going to keep using word, and change the fonts, and tweak the settings, and all that. I don't know why I bring it up. It's just that when there are simpler ways of doing it,...

nevermind]]> Easy Songs scratchmonkey https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/tech-help/#post-147667 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/tech-help/#post-147581 Fri, 30 Dec 2005 00:30:30 +0000
"the Courier New font certainly works the best because the space from one letter to the next is always the same so everything lines up real nice"

courier new is a fixed-width font. :)

I do agree that something simpler would be better for tabbing things out. But MS Word (or OpenOffice) with a fixed width font would work just the same. And since almost everyone who hasn't heard of emacs/vi has Word installed I would say it's good advice to use that. :P

oktay]]> Easy Songs oktay https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/tech-help/#post-147581 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/tech-help/#post-147573 Fri, 30 Dec 2005 00:15:47 +0000 without formatting, just use a plain text editor.

Or am I completely missing something? :? You're right. Pretty much any word processing will work... though the Courier New font certainly works the best because the space from one letter to the next is always the same so everything lines up real nice. I use Word because I have that whole suite of products with Excel, Powerpoint, Access. And I've been using those in a business environment for 7 years.]]> Easy Songs jonnyt https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/tech-help/#post-147573 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/tech-help/#post-147563 Thu, 29 Dec 2005 23:38:43 +0000 without formatting, just use a plain text editor.

Or am I completely missing something? :?]]> Easy Songs scratchmonkey https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/tech-help/#post-147563 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/tech-help/#post-147523 Thu, 29 Dec 2005 21:17:54 +0000
For me, the best way is to write it in MS Word, and very important, use Courier New font.

Once your tab or song is typed out, highlight and copy. Then when you come here, click on Code above. You will see the tag for code here. I like to go a space below this, then paste your tab in. Now, hit preview. This will automatically place the end code tag at the end of your tab. You can type anything you wish after that.

Hope I explained this well. If you do this your spacing should come out well.

Note: Always be mindful of how long your lines are. You must allow space for your Avatar on the final page. So, try to keep each line in Word about half a page or less. And NEVER use your "tab" key to move to the right, just keep hitting the "space" bar over and over!

And like Nick said, copy, code, paste, code - and it will look identical to your tab.

My margins when I tab in Word is 0.25 inches top, bottom and sides and I've successfully posted a lot of tab in this forum. I do that to fit most songs on one or no more then two pages, even when using 14 point font. I also place all my printed tabs into plastic sleeves and then place them in one of my two tab notebooks... keeps the pages intact for a long time and helps protect them from spilt beer.]]> Easy Songs jonnyt https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/tech-help/#post-147523 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/tech-help/#post-146986 Tue, 27 Dec 2005 17:29:03 +0000 Easy Songs Nick Torres https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/tech-help/#post-146986 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/tech-help/#post-146980 Tue, 27 Dec 2005 17:08:20 +0000 Easy Songs Tim_Madsen https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/tech-help/#post-146980 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/tech-help/#post-146846 Mon, 26 Dec 2005 23:09:42 +0000
For me, the best way is to write it in MS Word, and very important, use Courier New font.

Once your tab or song is typed out, highlight and copy. Then when you come here, click on Code above. You will see the tag for code here. I like to go a space below this, then paste your tab in. Now, hit preview. This will automatically place the end code tag at the end of your tab. You can type anything you wish after that.

Hope I explained this well. If you do this your spacing should come out well.

Note: Always be mindful of how long your lines are. You must allow space for your Avatar on the final page. So, try to keep each line in Word about half a page or less.]]> Easy Songs Wes Inman https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/tech-help/#post-146846 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/tech-help/#post-14003 Mon, 26 Dec 2005 20:23:53 +0000 Easy Songs Tim_Madsen https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/tech-help/#post-14003