# You can use expandtabs to specify the tabstop, like this: >>> print ('Location:'+'10-10-10-10'+'\t'+ 'Revision: 1').expandtabs(30) >>> print ('District: Tower'+'\t'+ 'Date: May 16, 2012').expandtabs(30) #Output: Location:10-10-10-10 Revision: 1 District: Tower Date: May 16, 2012