[Terry Farrell]

You can also search for the end of a row (stop followed by a return or just
a return) and replace with stop/return/tab or Return/Tab. But as Suzanne
suggests, convert text to table and then use Add a Column Before. Fill the
new column with Tabs and then convert Table to Text.

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Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP

"Robert Macy" wrote in message
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Thank you for your help. But, several experiments have failed, so need
step by step instructions.

When I marked a column, used replace, and tried to add a tab
character; all I got was kicked out of replace.

Repeat attempt trying to add three spaces and still nothing happened.

If doing a simple remove characters, must be careful that wraparound
doesn't place characters I want to keep into the section that gets
removed.

My workaround for total control is very awkward. Convert to text
only. store as a file that has 8.3 filename format. Open using an
old DOS editor, WordStar. Completely do everything in column mode,
save file, open with Notepad, and paste back into the Word doc file.
Cumbersome.

On Sep 28, 8:09 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
I use Replace to add tab characters.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org