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@@ -212,3 +212,26 @@ by the option `width=text-width`, for instance:
 ```
 
 In this case the maximum width of the table or figure will be same as column width.
+
+
+== AsciiDoc encoding tips
+
+=== Table with country list in the preface section 'Brief History'
+
+The table with country list is left indented. To achieve the left indent in the PDF,
+add an empty column at the left, for instance:
+```
+[%unnumbered]
+[cols="1,2,2,2"]
+|===
+| | Argentina | Hungary | Portugal
+| | Austria | Italy | Republic of South Africa
+| | Canada | Japan | Romania
+| | Chile | Korea, Rep. of | Spain
+| | Czechoslovakia | Netherlands | Switzerland
+| | France | New Zealand | U.A.R.
+| | Germany | Norway | United Kingdom
+| | Greece | Poland | Yugoslavia
+|===
+```
+