[Jay Freedman]

LOL! I'm sure we'll see you again!

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Joe McGuire wrote:
Well, I just cut and pasted the table into Excel so I'mm off and
running--and can terrorize a different BB with excel questions . . .
Thanks again


"Joe McGuire" wrote in message
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This worked very well, indeed. Thanks a million. Is there a handy
way to turn my table into an Excel spreadsheet?

(Now to learn some Excel!)


"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
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Hi Joe,

Last things first: Yes, you really should transfer this table to
Excel. It won't take long to learn enough Excel to maintain a
simple table like that.

In the meantime, on the theory that the table structure is
corrupted and that your previous attempt failed to clear the
corruption, try this on a copy of the document:

Select the table and choose Table Convert Table to Text.
Assuming you don't have any tab characters inside the table, you
can accept all the defaults and just click OK. The table will be
converted to plain text, with a tab between each pair of former
cell contents and a paragraph mark at the end of each row. Now
select that whole mess and choose Table Convert Text to Table.
As a sanity check, the numbers of columns and rows should be the
same as the old table. Click OK, save, and try sorting the table.
If everything seems OK, use the copy to replace your damaged
original document. --
Regards,
Jay Freedman
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Joe McGuire wrote:
I have run into this problem for the first time. I have a Word
table (about 355kb, about 180 lines/rows) which I have been
updating for 2-3 years. It is actually a table matching legal
cases with their billing reference numbers, with 1 case per row. Some
other information about the case is also stored in the
different cells (columns) of each row, including the state where
the case is pending. The table is usually sorted alphabetically
and maintained that way. I usually make a copy of the table and
sort it by state, but without usually saving it as a separate
table in the document. Suddenly I am encountering this error
message when I try to sort the whole table or even a few rows: "Word
cannot sort this table because all of its rows are table
headings." How the %^#(?!@ did all my rows become table headings?
I certainly have headings at the top of the table, but they do not
repeat on each page, and I certainly don't include the table
headings when sorting. I tried copying all but the last few
paragraphs of the document containing the table and pasting it
into a blank document in case the original had become corrupted,
but this seemed to make no difference. The problem appeared in
Word 2002 (via MS Terminal Server) but I had the same trouble
trying to sort the table in Word 2003. (Should I be using Excel
for this??? I hope not. I keep meaning to learn how to use it
but I have this naaasty habit of sticking with what I know)