[Sharon]

I am trying to convert text into a table. I have a number and description
with a dash between them. I am trying to conver this to a table with two
columns, the first column for the number (02) and the second for the
description. I did a search and replace for the dash and substituted it for
a tab. I then selected Table/Convert/Text to Table and select two columns
and for the "separate text at" I selected "tab". When I click OK, the text
converts to a table but with only one column. Why is it doing this? I
thought it would convert the text to two columns at the tab.
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S

[garfield-n-odie [MVP]]

Works for me here. I suspect the "tab" you substituted is not really a
tab character. In the Find and Replace dialog, you should have clicked
in the Replace With box, clicked on More | Special | Tab Character.

Sharon wrote:

I am trying to convert text into a table. I have a number and description
with a dash between them. I am trying to conver this to a table with two
columns, the first column for the number (02) and the second for the
description. I did a search and replace for the dash and substituted it for
a tab. I then selected Table/Convert/Text to Table and select two columns
and for the "separate text at" I selected "tab". When I click OK, the text
converts to a table but with only one column. Why is it doing this? I
thought it would convert the text to two columns at the tab.