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Converting Text to Table
I am working in Word 2002. I have a many-page list that goes into a manual.
The columns of the list have been set up by using spaces. I once ran across a surprisingly simple key set for turning text into tables in Word - not the usual Convert Text to Tables function - but I can't remember what it is, or if it only works when tabs are in place. Does anyone know of a more efficient way to get this into a table than a row-by-row deleting of the extra spaces and putting tabs where I need them so that I can convert this thing the usual way? Thanks -- Thanks! Mary Lee |
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I just remembered that it was not converting text to tables that these
forgotten keystrokes could do - it was a key combination so that when you select a portion of text on a line and then drag down, only that which is directly below the selected text continues to be selected, rather than the margin-to-margin selection that would normally happen. That would make the task of eliminating all those unwanted spaces relatively simple. -- Thanks! Mary Lee "Mary Lee" wrote: I am working in Word 2002. I have a many-page list that goes into a manual. The columns of the list have been set up by using spaces. I once ran across a surprisingly simple key set for turning text into tables in Word - not the usual Convert Text to Tables function - but I can't remember what it is, or if it only works when tabs are in place. Does anyone know of a more efficient way to get this into a table than a row-by-row deleting of the extra spaces and putting tabs where I need them so that I can convert this thing the usual way? Thanks -- Thanks! Mary Lee |
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Mary Lee,
Have you tried Alt+dragging which allows you to select text vertically? Luc "Mary Lee" schreef in bericht ... I just remembered that it was not converting text to tables that these forgotten keystrokes could do - it was a key combination so that when you select a portion of text on a line and then drag down, only that which is directly below the selected text continues to be selected, rather than the margin-to-margin selection that would normally happen. That would make the task of eliminating all those unwanted spaces relatively simple. -- Thanks! Mary Lee "Mary Lee" wrote: I am working in Word 2002. I have a many-page list that goes into a manual. The columns of the list have been set up by using spaces. I once ran across a surprisingly simple key set for turning text into tables in Word - not the usual Convert Text to Tables function - but I can't remember what it is, or if it only works when tabs are in place. Does anyone know of a more efficient way to get this into a table than a row-by-row deleting of the extra spaces and putting tabs where I need them so that I can convert this thing the usual way? Thanks -- Thanks! Mary Lee |
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AHHH!!! Now I remember!! I have to find a way to temporarily disable
Answers.com (which I use all the time) because you have to Alt+Click to begin Alt+drag. I use Alt+click a whole lot more, but when I need Alt+ drag I sure need it! Thanks for the reminder, Luc! -- Thanks! Mary Lee "Luc" wrote: Mary Lee, Have you tried Alt+dragging which allows you to select text vertically? Luc "Mary Lee" schreef in bericht ... I just remembered that it was not converting text to tables that these forgotten keystrokes could do - it was a key combination so that when you select a portion of text on a line and then drag down, only that which is directly below the selected text continues to be selected, rather than the margin-to-margin selection that would normally happen. That would make the task of eliminating all those unwanted spaces relatively simple. -- Thanks! Mary Lee "Mary Lee" wrote: I am working in Word 2002. I have a many-page list that goes into a manual. The columns of the list have been set up by using spaces. I once ran across a surprisingly simple key set for turning text into tables in Word - not the usual Convert Text to Tables function - but I can't remember what it is, or if it only works when tabs are in place. Does anyone know of a more efficient way to get this into a table than a row-by-row deleting of the extra spaces and putting tabs where I need them so that I can convert this thing the usual way? Thanks -- Thanks! Mary Lee |
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Alt+click will not kick in if you Alt first and then press the button
firmly; it's not till you let the button up that it registers as a click. But a better way to get rid of extra spaces is to use a wildcard F&R to search for two or more spaces and replace with a tab. -- 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. "Mary Lee" wrote in message ... AHHH!!! Now I remember!! I have to find a way to temporarily disable Answers.com (which I use all the time) because you have to Alt+Click to begin Alt+drag. I use Alt+click a whole lot more, but when I need Alt+ drag I sure need it! Thanks for the reminder, Luc! -- Thanks! Mary Lee "Luc" wrote: Mary Lee, Have you tried Alt+dragging which allows you to select text vertically? Luc "Mary Lee" schreef in bericht ... I just remembered that it was not converting text to tables that these forgotten keystrokes could do - it was a key combination so that when you select a portion of text on a line and then drag down, only that which is directly below the selected text continues to be selected, rather than the margin-to-margin selection that would normally happen. That would make the task of eliminating all those unwanted spaces relatively simple. -- Thanks! Mary Lee "Mary Lee" wrote: I am working in Word 2002. I have a many-page list that goes into a manual. The columns of the list have been set up by using spaces. I once ran across a surprisingly simple key set for turning text into tables in Word - not the usual Convert Text to Tables function - but I can't remember what it is, or if it only works when tabs are in place. Does anyone know of a more efficient way to get this into a table than a row-by-row deleting of the extra spaces and putting tabs where I need them so that I can convert this thing the usual way? Thanks -- Thanks! Mary Lee |
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F&R wasn't working well because the space strings were so long in some
places. I tried replacing 5 spaces at a time with nothing but it started to get skewed enough that I was losing sight of where I was going. I will play with the Alt+Click thing - what you said makes sense. -- Thanks! Mary Lee "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Alt+click will not kick in if you Alt first and then press the button firmly; it's not till you let the button up that it registers as a click. But a better way to get rid of extra spaces is to use a wildcard F&R to search for two or more spaces and replace with a tab. -- 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. "Mary Lee" wrote in message ... AHHH!!! Now I remember!! I have to find a way to temporarily disable Answers.com (which I use all the time) because you have to Alt+Click to begin Alt+drag. I use Alt+click a whole lot more, but when I need Alt+ drag I sure need it! Thanks for the reminder, Luc! -- Thanks! Mary Lee "Luc" wrote: Mary Lee, Have you tried Alt+dragging which allows you to select text vertically? Luc "Mary Lee" schreef in bericht ... I just remembered that it was not converting text to tables that these forgotten keystrokes could do - it was a key combination so that when you select a portion of text on a line and then drag down, only that which is directly below the selected text continues to be selected, rather than the margin-to-margin selection that would normally happen. That would make the task of eliminating all those unwanted spaces relatively simple. -- Thanks! Mary Lee "Mary Lee" wrote: I am working in Word 2002. I have a many-page list that goes into a manual. The columns of the list have been set up by using spaces. I once ran across a surprisingly simple key set for turning text into tables in Word - not the usual Convert Text to Tables function - but I can't remember what it is, or if it only works when tabs are in place. Does anyone know of a more efficient way to get this into a table than a row-by-row deleting of the extra spaces and putting tabs where I need them so that I can convert this thing the usual way? Thanks -- Thanks! Mary Lee |
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It's not working that way on my computer, Suzanne.
-- Thanks! Mary Lee "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Alt+click will not kick in if you Alt first and then press the button firmly; it's not till you let the button up that it registers as a click. But a better way to get rid of extra spaces is to use a wildcard F&R to search for two or more spaces and replace with a tab. -- 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. "Mary Lee" wrote in message ... AHHH!!! Now I remember!! I have to find a way to temporarily disable Answers.com (which I use all the time) because you have to Alt+Click to begin Alt+drag. I use Alt+click a whole lot more, but when I need Alt+ drag I sure need it! Thanks for the reminder, Luc! -- Thanks! Mary Lee "Luc" wrote: Mary Lee, Have you tried Alt+dragging which allows you to select text vertically? Luc "Mary Lee" schreef in bericht ... I just remembered that it was not converting text to tables that these forgotten keystrokes could do - it was a key combination so that when you select a portion of text on a line and then drag down, only that which is directly below the selected text continues to be selected, rather than the margin-to-margin selection that would normally happen. That would make the task of eliminating all those unwanted spaces relatively simple. -- Thanks! Mary Lee "Mary Lee" wrote: I am working in Word 2002. I have a many-page list that goes into a manual. The columns of the list have been set up by using spaces. I once ran across a surprisingly simple key set for turning text into tables in Word - not the usual Convert Text to Tables function - but I can't remember what it is, or if it only works when tabs are in place. Does anyone know of a more efficient way to get this into a table than a row-by-row deleting of the extra spaces and putting tabs where I need them so that I can convert this thing the usual way? Thanks -- Thanks! Mary Lee |
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You missed the important term "wildcard." Click on "more" to expand the F&R
dialog and check the "Use wildcards" box. Then use this as your search term: space{2,} (where "space" represents one press of the Spacebar) and replace with ^t For more, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/UsingWildcards.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. "Mary Lee" wrote in message ... F&R wasn't working well because the space strings were so long in some places. I tried replacing 5 spaces at a time with nothing but it started to get skewed enough that I was losing sight of where I was going. I will play with the Alt+Click thing - what you said makes sense. -- Thanks! Mary Lee "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Alt+click will not kick in if you Alt first and then press the button firmly; it's not till you let the button up that it registers as a click. But a better way to get rid of extra spaces is to use a wildcard F&R to search for two or more spaces and replace with a tab. -- 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. "Mary Lee" wrote in message ... AHHH!!! Now I remember!! I have to find a way to temporarily disable Answers.com (which I use all the time) because you have to Alt+Click to begin Alt+drag. I use Alt+click a whole lot more, but when I need Alt+ drag I sure need it! Thanks for the reminder, Luc! -- Thanks! Mary Lee "Luc" wrote: Mary Lee, Have you tried Alt+dragging which allows you to select text vertically? Luc "Mary Lee" schreef in bericht ... I just remembered that it was not converting text to tables that these forgotten keystrokes could do - it was a key combination so that when you select a portion of text on a line and then drag down, only that which is directly below the selected text continues to be selected, rather than the margin-to-margin selection that would normally happen. That would make the task of eliminating all those unwanted spaces relatively simple. -- Thanks! Mary Lee "Mary Lee" wrote: I am working in Word 2002. I have a many-page list that goes into a manual. The columns of the list have been set up by using spaces. I once ran across a surprisingly simple key set for turning text into tables in Word - not the usual Convert Text to Tables function - but I can't remember what it is, or if it only works when tabs are in place. Does anyone know of a more efficient way to get this into a table than a row-by-row deleting of the extra spaces and putting tabs where I need them so that I can convert this thing the usual way? Thanks -- Thanks! Mary Lee |
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