Replies to post #100049 on The Question and Answer Board (IHUB)

[Bob Zumbrunnen]

If the new language makes it easier/better, but I'm not aware of any way in which it does. Using the pre tag, you still have to use spaces to get everything lined up, and the message-composition box is too small for someone to easily align a table as big as the one you're citing.

Your asking the question made me think of a possible solution, though. I'll put it in the project queue for discussion.

[woofer]

Bull_Dolphin, you might want to try a screenshot. Someone gave me these directions and it worked:

Here is one way to make a screen copy and post it. There are several free screen capture programs available but you can do it this way without any special programs.

The only program you need is Paint and all Windows machines have it built in. Just go to Start/All Programs/Accessories/Paint when you are ready for it.

1. Open the web page you want to copy.

2. Hold down the Crtl button (lower left side of keyboard) and press the Print Screen button (right side top of keyboard above the Insert key). You now have a copy of the screen on your clipboard.

3. Open the Paint program.

4. Click Edit/Paste and now you should see the page you copied.

At this point you could save and post the entire page but I suggest you crop it down a bit to show only the relevant areas and then save and post it. No need for people to see the very top or bottom of your screen. So here is how we will crop it and save it to your computer.

5. Click on the selection tool right under the Edit button.

6. With the left mouse button held down, start at the top left of the area you want to keep and drag a box down and to the right. Let go of the button. If you don’t quite like the area selected, hit the Esc button on your keyboard and try again.

7. When you are satisfied with the area you want to keep, hit Edit/Cut. Now the area you want is on your clipboard so we throw away the rest by clicking on File/New. A message pops up. Click on NO.

8. Click on Edit /Paste now and see your picture. Now all you have to do is save it.

9. Click on File/Save as, and then go to your My Pictures Folder. At the bottom of that window where it says “Save as type” click the dropdown arrow and change file type from bmp to jpg. Give your picture a name. Click Save. Close the Paint program if you wish.

10. Go to I-Hub and click on “Other” at top of any page. This is a new I-Hub feature. Click on the Browse button and browse to the jpg picture that you saved. Highlight it and click Open. Now click on the Upload button. Copy the bold line of data that shows up. It should start with [chart ] and end with [/chart ].

11. Go to the I-Hub Test board and give it a try. Open a blank post and paste it there.

[lentinman]

Bull:

Here is a post of mine which is representative of how I do it. I CANNOT STAND anything not being perfectly lined up in columns.

http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=24441576

It would be impossible to do this using the IHUB window. Therefore, I do all the "work" in notepad and then paste it into IHub. If it is an ongoing "report" such as the one above, I simply name it as a file in notepad. When I go back to it to add on, it is there and takes two seconds to modify.

If you don't already have notepad on your desktop, you can get it by going to Start, All Programs, Accessories, Notepad. Drag it onto your desktop from there.

Len