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Having pasted the table, select the table and press Ctrl-Q and Ctrl-Space.
That should clear out odd text and paragraph formatting. Then go to Table,
table Properties (with the whole table still selected), click the Row tab,
and uncheck the Specify Height checkbox. Then click the Table tab of the
dialog, click the Options button, and set the cell borders to something
sensible.
You might want to record a macro so that you can repeat the process more
quickly.
Creating a macro with no programming experience using the recorder
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Macros...ngRecorder.htm
Thanks for this great piece of advice which dished me out of a fine mess
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