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I'm writing my department's travel policy guidelines and I'm using
texinfo to produce the hardcopy and on-line documentation.  I want to
produce a small 2 column table that says something like:

If you are entering a...       Then...

Transportation Amount          move the cursor to the Trans. Amt field and..

Meals Amount                   move the cursor to the Meals column


However, when I format and print the hardcopy, I get:

If you are entering a...
           Then...
Transportation Amount
           move the cursor to the


It looks like the size of the first column is a fixed width. I can't
find any references in the texinfo documentation showing me how I can change
the size of the first column.  I assumed that the formatter would
automatically resize the first column based on the length of the text.

Here is a sample of the texinfo code:

@table @asis
@item If you are entering a...
Then...

@item Transportation Amount
move the cursor to the Trans. Amt. field and enter the total

@end table

Does anyone have any suggestions how I can correct the size problem?
Am I using the @table command incorrectly?

Thanks,
Mike King
AT&T Network Systems
Columbus, Ohio
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