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Remove/convert nested subtables automatically
Does anyone know of a way to convert all nested subtables in a cell to text
automatically without converting the cell. I've brought some tables into word from the web, and they have cell with nested tables 3 or 4 deep before any content is reached. I would like to remove the nests and save the content in the topmost cell. As it is now I have to go to the cell and then click on the Table - convert to text by hand to remove each nest. This takes FOREVER. |
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Hi Jim
The easiest way is to convert all the "inner" tables to text. To do that, select the whole of the outer-most cell. Do Table Convert Table to Text. You can then choose what should separate the text in the various tables when it's converted. Sadly, none of the proffered options will absolutely fit your needs, because what we really need is to have *no* separator. So, choose paragraph marks. Then, when all your tables are un-nested, do a search and replace to get rid of the extraneous paragraph marks. At its simplest, search for ^p^p and replace with ^p. Repeat until they're all gone. Or, for cleverer ways to do that in one step, see Cleaning up text pasted from the Web http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...eanWebText.htm Hope this helps. Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word "Jim Bunch" Jim wrote in message ... Does anyone know of a way to convert all nested subtables in a cell to text automatically without converting the cell. I've brought some tables into word from the web, and they have cell with nested tables 3 or 4 deep before any content is reached. I would like to remove the nests and save the content in the topmost cell. As it is now I have to go to the cell and then click on the Table - convert to text by hand to remove each nest. This takes FOREVER. |
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