Using tab stops to write in columns

Remember the time of the typewriter and early word processing software? When we needed to line up some text in columns, we could use tab stops. LaTeX provides a similar way to easily align text in columns, namely, the tabbing environment.

We want to present a quick overview of LaTeX. We shall present one point on each line, aligned at words and colons, with the help of the following steps:

1. Begin a new document and open a tabbing environment:

   \documentclass{article}
   \begin{document}
   \begin{tabbing}

2. Write the text, set tab stops with \=, and end the line with \\:

     \emph{Info:} \= Software \= : \= \LaTeX \\

3. Add further lines, move to the next tab stop with \>, and again, end lines with \\:

     \> Author \> : \> Leslie Lamport \\
     \> Website \> : \> www.latex-project.org

4. Close the tabbing environment and end the document:

   \end{tabbing}
   \end{document}

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