add horizontal space like TAB

Question

I have two words separate by space in each line I can have a tabular environment with two cell but I'm wondering if is there (in latex) a command like the tabin every word processor.

TIA

Renato

Answer 1

You may use tabto:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tabto}

\newenvironment{tabs}[1]
 {\flushleft\TabPositions{#1}}
 {\endflushleft}

\begin{document}

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\begin{tabs}{2cm,4cm}
abcde\tab abcde\tab xyz \\
abcdef\tab abcdef\tab xyzuv \\
abcd\tab abcde\tab xyz
\end{tabs}
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\end{document}