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(Created page with "{{LOFE:Navbar|prev=Lists/00A|next=Lists/02A|cat=Lists}} {{LOFE:Example start |image-filename=107-01A.png|iw=35|tw=30}} {{LOFE:Blank}} {{LOFE:Blank}} LIST OF EXPORTS OF DOMESTIC MERCHANDISE, YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1885. EXPORTED FROM THE SEVEN CUSTOMS DISTRICTS OF THE PACIFIC. {{LOFE:Markup|/*}} Agricultural Implements. Animals. Art Works. Bark, and Extract for Tanning. Billiard Tables, etc. Blacking. Bones, Hoofs, Horns, etc. Books, Maps, etc. Brass, and M...")
 
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  He gives the population of these countries
LIST OF EXPORTS OF DOMESTIC MERCHANDISE, YEAR
  as follows:
ENDING JUNE 30, 1885. EXPORTED FROM THE
SEVEN CUSTOMS DISTRICTS OF THE PACIFIC.
   
   
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  Agricultural Implements.
  Siberia        4,000,000
Animals.
  Mongolia      12,000,000
Art Works.
  Manchooria      5,000,000
Bark, and Extract for Tanning.
  Japan          36,000,000
Billiard Tables, etc.
                ----------
  Blacking.
    Total      57,000,000
Bones, Hoofs, Horns, etc.
  Books, Maps, etc.
  Brass, and Manufactures of.
Breadstuffs, Wheat, etc.
Bricks.
Broom-corn, Brooms and Brushes.{{LOFE:Comment|Rejoined}}
Candles.
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== Overview ==
== Lists and tables ==


Books sometimes print lists in columns. If the Proofers didn't change that to a single left-justified
A simple list, but actually a simple table needing aligned columns.
column, the Formatters should do it.  If there are multiple columns and they contain
Remember to remove the dots if the Proofers didn't already do so.
different kinds of information, as shown in the next example, then it is a Table, not
a List, and the columns need to be preserved and aligned.  (See the [[Library of Formatting Examples:Tables|"Tables" Category]]
for fancier examples.) Lists are not wrappable (the line breaks must be preserved), so
enclose them in no-wrap markups and rejoin any wrapped lines.


== Multi-line headings ==
== Indentation ==


Heading is wrappable, not a Hanging Indent, and all-caps. No markups.
"Total" in the last line is indented in the image, so indent it here.


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He gives the population of these countries
as follows:

/*
Siberia         4,000,000
Mongolia       12,000,000
Manchooria      5,000,000
Japan          36,000,000
               ----------
    Total      57,000,000
*/

Lists and tables

A simple list, but actually a simple table needing aligned columns. Remember to remove the dots if the Proofers didn't already do so.

Indentation

"Total" in the last line is indented in the image, so indent it here.


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