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tabbing

 \begin{tabbing}
 text \= more text \= still more text \= last text \\
 second row \>  \> more \\
 ....
 ....
 \end{tabbing}

The tabular environment also aligns text in columns, but there are several important differences.

• The tabular environment can be used in any mode whereas the tabbing environment can be used only in paragraph mode and it starts a new paragraph.

• The tabular environment generates a box, which LaTeX treats as one (albeit very large) letter; it cannot be split across pages. A long tabbing environment can be split across pages.

• The width of columns in a tabular environment is determined automatically by LaTeX; in the tabbing environment this is done by setting tab stops.

Tabbing commands

• \= (set tab)
• \> (advance to next tab stop)
• \<
• \+ (indent; move margin right)
• \- (unindent; move margin left)
• \'
• \`
• \\ (end of line; newline)
• \kill (ignore preceding text; use only for spacing)

Note that the commands \=, \', and \` normally produce accents over the subsequent letter. These commands are redefined in the tabbing environment; in this environment it is possible to get the accents by using \a=, \a', and \a`, respectively.