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[TyrusMaynard]

    Thanks for help from Josh and Andrew. Html2text has generated straight 
columns, but there is a multirow problem within each field. I would like to use 
the html2text tool and I hope that Andrew can  pin down the effective use of 
this handy tool as a workaround for well aligned text.
Ty

Here are the fields:

Date	Num	Description	Transfer from/to	Amount

Here is a sample section acquired by copy/paste to text:
  Good single line rows , its OK except for the  skew of column which are all 
well aligned in the HTML display in gnucash and other browsers.

04/05/2005		BRIGGS CONSTR. hydraul oil	Assets.chk153	$23.28		04/07/2005	 
ASHEVILLE HOSE & E	Assets.chk153	$29.40			
04/22/2005		SmokyMtn Petro hydraul	Assets.chk153	$33.66			

Here is same sample of HTML sent thru html2 text:
    "html2text -o output.file -nobs input.file"
    The date and description field has become multi-row for ??? reason

04/             BRIGGS CONSTR.
05/             hydraul oil           Assets.chk153          $23.28
2005
04/
07/             ASHEVILLE HOSE & E    Assets.chk153          $29.40
2005
04/             SmokyMtn Petro
22/             hydraul               Assets.chk153          $33.66
2005

Here is the  sample (first row) of HTML source:

<TR>
<TD BGCOLOR="#ffffff">
04/05/2005
</TD>
<TD BGCOLOR="#ffffff">
<BR>
</TD>
<TD BGCOLOR="#ffffff">
BRIGGS CONSTR. hydraul oil
</TD>
<TD BGCOLOR="#ffffff">
Assets.chk153

</TD>
<TD BGCOLOR="#ffffff" NOWRAP ALIGN="right">
$23.28
</TD>
</TR>