User:Zoeannl/Project guideline/Proofreader’s Guide/Columns
Proofread ordinary text that has been printed in multiple columns as a single column. Place the text from the left-most column first, the text from the next column below that, and so on. Do not mark where the columns were split, just join them together.
Original Image:
| Andersen, Hans Christian | Daguerre, Louis J. M. | Melville, Herman |
| Bach, Johann Sebastian | Darwin, Charles | Newton, Isaac |
| Balboa, Vasco Nunez de | Descartes, René | Pasteur, Louis |
| Bierce, Ambrose | Earhart, Amelia | Poe, Edgar Allan |
| Carroll, Lewis | Einstein, Albert | Ponce de Leon, Juan |
| Churchill, Winston | Freud, Sigmund | Pulitzer, Joseph |
| Columbus, Christopher | Lewis, Sinclair | Shakespeare, William |
| Curie, Marie | Magellan, Ferdinand | Tesla, Nikola |
Correctly Formatted Text:
Andersen, Hans Christian
Bach, Johann Sebastian
Balboa, Vasco Nunez de
Bierce, Ambrose
Carroll, Lewis
Churchill, Winston
Columbus, Christopher
Curie, Marie
Daguerre, Louis J. M.
Darwin, Charles
Descartes, René
Earhart, Amelia
Einstein, Albert
Freud, Sigmund
Lewis, Sinclair
Magellan, Ferdinand
Melville, Herman
Newton, Isaac
Pasteur, Louis
Poe, Edgar Allan
Ponce de Leon, Juan
Pulitzer, Joseph
Shakespeare, William
Tesla, Nikola
Wiki formatting[edit]
- item1
- item2
- item3
:item1 :item2 :item3
- item1
- item2
- item3
;item1 ;item2 ;item3
- item1
- item2
- item3
*item1 *item2 *item3
Table formatting[edit]
| item1 |
| item2 |
| item3 |
{|
|item1
|-
|item2
|-
|item3
|}
See also the Index and Table sections of the Proofreading Guidelines.