[RFJ]

Can SKX tell me how to do this in the Word2008. The extract from the help
file is below but I can't see Table Tools anywhere

TIA

Rob


Convert a table to text
1.. Select the rows or table that you want to convert to paragraphs.
2.. Under Table Tools, on the Layout tab, in the Data group, click Convert
to Text.
3.. Under Separate text at, click the option for the separator character
that you want to use in place of the column boundaries.
Rows are separated with paragraph marks.

[CyberTaz]

First, there is no 2008 - at least not before mid-January... and that will
be for Macintosh - so I'll assume you mean Word 2007:-) The Table Tools tab
doesn't appear on the Ribbon unless you are actively in a Table. IOW, if
your insertion point (cursor) isn't *in* the table or you don't have the
table *selected* the Table tools are not available. If the insertion point
is in what you believe to be a table & the tab/tools still don't appear then
it isn't a table. It may be tabbed text or it may be an inserted object
(such as a picture or worksheet).

It's also possible that the document has been protected in some way which
would prevent you from changing certain things about it.

What - exactly - happens when you click what you are calling a table?
Describe what you see.
--
Regards |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

"RFJ" wrote in message
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Can SKX tell me how to do this in the Word2008. The extract from the help
file is below but I can't see Table Tools anywhere

TIA

Rob


Convert a table to text
1.. Select the rows or table that you want to convert to paragraphs.
2.. Under Table Tools, on the Layout tab, in the Data group, click
Convert to Text.
3.. Under Separate text at, click the option for the separator character
that you want to use in place of the column boundaries.
Rows are separated with paragraph marks.

[Jay Freedman]

Assuming you meant Word 2007... The Table Tools tab of the ribbon doesn't
appear until the cursor/selection is inside some table somewhere in the
document. That's why step 1 tells you to select the "rows or table" to
convert.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
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RFJ wrote:
Can SKX tell me how to do this in the Word2008. The extract from the
help file is below but I can't see Table Tools anywhere

TIA

Rob


Convert a table to text
1.. Select the rows or table that you want to convert to paragraphs.
2.. Under Table Tools, on the Layout tab, in the Data group, click
Convert to Text.
3.. Under Separate text at, click the option for the separator
character that you want to use in place of the column boundaries.
Rows are separated with paragraph marks.