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Export table to excel or access?
I have been given an 18 page word doc which is a table of names, address etc
and someone thinks this is a database. Before I laugh in their face, is there some way I can convert this to excel, access, csv or some other format where it can be used properly? I used word-export to text, but the result is just a jumble. Thanks for your help. Fred |
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Export table to excel or access?
Well, it depends what you want to use the "database" for. A table can be a
perfectly good mail merge data source in Word, provided each record is a row and each field is a cell. I assume you tried Table | Convert | Table to Text, separating with commas? -- 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. "Fredrated" wrote in message news I have been given an 18 page word doc which is a table of names, address etc and someone thinks this is a database. Before I laugh in their face, is there some way I can convert this to excel, access, csv or some other format where it can be used properly? I used word-export to text, but the result is just a jumble. Thanks for your help. Fred |
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Export table to excel or access?
I just tried this and it seemed to work OK. Copy the table, and open Excel,
and do a simple paste. I then saved as a csv and was able to import into Access. Hope it works for you. -- Rae Drysdale "Fredrated" wrote: I have been given an 18 page word doc which is a table of names, address etc and someone thinks this is a database. Before I laugh in their face, is there some way I can convert this to excel, access, csv or some other format where it can be used properly? I used word-export to text, but the result is just a jumble. Thanks for your help. Fred |
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