# Text formatting question

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-formatting-question/227117>\
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**Created:** [May 27, 2007, 7:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-formatting-question/227117 "2007-05-27T07:55:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![theSchtickler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@theSchtickler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/theSchtickler)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2007, 7:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-formatting-question/227117/1 "2007-05-27T07:55:32Z")

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So I have this situation… I have a large amount of html text in a text box, and I need to split it into 4 columns within the text box. At the moment, I am going into the XML file (the source of the text) and adding and subtracting tabs. This works ok, but is a massive waste of time.

Is there a better way of doing this?

Also, is there any way of setting up where i want the tabs to go? Like, first tab at 50px, second one at 120px?

Any advice welcome 🙂