If the numbers are created by automatic paragraph numbering, you will have
to convert the numbers to text before you can manipulate the lines into a
table. You'll need a macro for that
Sub NumbersToText()
ActiveDocument.ConvertNumbersToText
End Sub
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm
Then the process is essentially that at
http://www.gmayor.com/convert_labels...mail_merge.htm . Jump in where the
illustrations match your text. If you make a mistake, backup with CTRL+Z or
close the document without saving it and start again.
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leandros wrote:
I need to convert multi-line tab-delineated example sentences into
tables, so that all equivalent items on each line are on top of each
other. That I can do. But each multi-line example already comes with
an automatic number within parentheses. I simply want that same
*automatic* number to reside in the top-leftmost cell of the table,
with empty cells beneath it. How do I either transfer or replace that
automatic number in(to) my table?
Thanks in advance,
leandros