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

item1

item2

item3

:item1
:item2
:item3

item1

item2

item3

;item1
;item2
;item3

• item1
• item2
• item3

*item1
*item2
*item3

Table formatting

item1

item2

item3

{|
|item1
|-
|item2
|-
|item3
|}

See also the Index and Table sections of the Proofreading Guidelines.