Suzanne
Sat Feb 25 18:13:55 CST 2006
My reply was to Peter, who posted an attachment, visible in OE (but not in
the Web interface).
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Gilles Desjardins" <gilles.desjardins3@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:ex5Mf.32075$%14.814525@news20.bellglobal.com...
> Hi Suzanne, I did not post any attachments. I do not see any paper clips
in
> my news reader (Outlook Express).
> Is there a problem with my reader?
>
> Gilles
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:%23p4QUljOGHA.2696@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> > Please don't post attachments here. Before you convert the text to a
> > table,
> > add or remove tab characters so that there are the same number in each
> > paragraph. If you have used more than one tab character in order to use
> > Word's built-in tab stops, DON'T! Set a specific tab stop for each
column;
> > use more than one tab character only when a column is empty. See
> >
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/SettingTabs.htm
> >
> > --
> > Suzanne S. Barnhill
> > Microsoft MVP (Word)
> > Words into Type
> > Fairhope, Alabama USA
> > Word MVP FAQ site:
http://word.mvps.org
> > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup
> > so
> > all may benefit.
> >
> > "Peter" <kealties@peterbhurst.f2s.com> wrote in message
> > news:OCZESuiOGHA.2124@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> >> Thanks, but the situation is rather more complex. The resulting cells
> >> and
> >> rows do not line up correctly.
> >>
> >> The difficulty is that the columns in each row are separated by 1 to 4
> >> tabs,
> >> depending on the amount of text in the cell. Also the third column
> > consists
> >> of many rows consist of more than one line. Each line and row is a
> >> paragraph. I attach an extract from the document.
> >>
> >>
> >> Peter
> >>
> >> "Gilles Desjardins" <gilles.desjardins3@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> >> news:P4ZLf.31812$%14.747626@news20.bellglobal.com...
> >> > In Word: Table, Convert, Text to Table(using the tabs as separator).
> >> > Then select the "new" table and Copy paste to Excel.
> >> >
> >> > HTH
> >> >
> >> > Gilles
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > "Peter" <kealties@peterbhurst.f2s.com> wrote in message
> >> > news:eW1AjEgOGHA.3864@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> >> >>I have a Word 2000 document in three tabbed columns (not a table).
How
> >> >>can
> >> >>I convert this to Excel so that the columns are retained in separate
> >> >>cells?
> >> >>
> >> >> Peter
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
>
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