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Why do the columns I set up in my Exact Form not print the way I set them up in MS Word?

When you use an Exact Form to display a QuickBase record the field names surrounded by tildes are replaced with the field data. The field data is almost always a different length than the field names. If you've used tabs and spaces to set up columns in your Exact Form then you're almost guaranteed to have your columns misaligned as your field names are replaced with your varying field data. The remedy for this problem is to use the table feature of MS Word. You can create in MS Word tables that have invisible borders. Then you can put your field names in these tables and your column formatting will persist even when the length of the field data varies widely.

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