Word 2000.

How do I convert tabbed text to a Word Table?

I have a two-column "table" (created by someone else) which consists
of simple paragraph text with the "columns" separated by a tab
character. The document is large and I want to convert it to an MS
Word Table so that I can perform a search that is limited to the text
in Column A of the Word Table. (I know how to perform the limited
search)

Thanks for any help.

Fred Holmes

Table | Convert | Text to Table, using tab as the field separator.

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Word 2000.

How do I convert tabbed text to a Word Table?

I have a two-column "table" (created by someone else) which consists
of simple paragraph text with the "columns" separated by a tab
character. The document is large and I want to convert it to an MS
Word Table so that I can perform a search that is limited to the text
in Column A of the Word Table. (I know how to perform the limited
search)

Thanks for any help.

Fred Holmes

Fred Holmes wrote:
Word 2000.

How do I convert tabbed text to a Word Table?

I have a two-column "table" (created by someone else) which consists
of simple paragraph text with the "columns" separated by a tab
character. The document is large and I want to convert it to an MS
Word Table so that I can perform a search that is limited to the text
in Column A of the Word Table. (I know how to perform the limited
search)

Thanks for any help.

Fred Holmes

Select the text, and click Table Convert Text to Table. In the dialog,
make sure "tab" is selected as the separator and that the number of columns
is what you expect. Then click OK.

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Jay Freedman
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