Re: Converting text to table

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Start by replacing the spaces with tabs; then you will be able to convert it
to a table easily, separating at tabs. To do this, using wildcards:

1. Ctrl+H to open the Find and Replace dialog.

2. Click More to expand the dialog.

3. Check the box for "Use wildcards."

4. In the "Find what" box, type " {2,}" (without the quotation marks). Note
that there is a space before the first brace.

5. In the "Replace with" box, type "^t" (without the quotation marks).

6. Replace all.

The wildcard expression " {2,}" finds every instance of two or more spaces,
and ^t (as you probably know) is the code for a tab character.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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"Karin" <Karin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I've inherited a Word document which has columns of text separated with
> spaces, no tabs. Number of spaces between columns differs depending on how
> much text is there. Is there any way I can easily convert this to a table
> other than copy/paste?

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