#+TITLE: How to insert a table
#+SHORT-TITLE: tables
#+TOC-KEYWORDS: manuals
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#+DESCRIPTION: org-mode tables are supported

* Draw tour tables in text mode
Use "|" to separate columns, for [[http://info.leanws.com/email][example]]:

** Text source
\| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | server            | connection | user name  | authentication |\\
\| for incoming email | leanweb.solutions | SSL/TLS    | your email | plain password |\\
\| for outgoing email | leanweb.solutions | SSL/TLS    | your email | plain password |

** Resulting table
|                    | server            | connection | user name  | authentication |
|--------------------+-------------------+------------+------------+----------------|
| for incoming email | leanweb.solutions | SSL/TLS    | your email | plain password |
| for outgoing email | leanweb.solutions | SSL/TLS    | your email | plain password |

* Notes
- There is no need  for perfect horizontal alignment: "|" symbols must not necessary be one under another. Just make sure that every table line has the same number of "|"'s.
- Creating and updating text tables is easy in [[https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs][emacs]] or another text editor supporting [[https://orgmode.org][ORG-mode]].
  Simple Excel tables can be converted to CSV-format which can be converted into ORG-tables.