Convert Text to Table "Ed Sheehan" <NOedsSPAM[ at ]xmission.com> 26.07.2006 23:32:52 I need to convert fixed-width text, delimited by spaces, to a table. I'll end up with 5 columns. The layout is below, and I need the columns to be placed like this (it won't look right if you're not reading this with a fixed pitch font): | | | | v v v v 000000 CN 1 111111 AC 333333 AC 444444 CN 1 555555 CN 1 666666 CN 1 777777 AC 888888 CN 1 I've tried several times to convert this using convert text to table, but I end up with, shall we say, displeasing results. I can put it to Excel and drag column guides and it's fine, but can't word manage the same thing? Thanks, Ed

Re: Convert Text to Table "Jezebel" <warcrimes[ at ]whitehouse.gov> 26.07.2006 23:38:47 Easier to import it into Excel first (which has a fixed-width parser), then copy and paste into Word (where it will end up as a table). "Ed Sheehan" <NOedsSPAM[ at ]xmission.com> wrote in message news:ea8u3m$n8e$1[ at ]news.xmission.com... [Quoted Text] >I need to convert fixed-width text, delimited by spaces, to a table. I'll >end up with 5 columns. The layout is below, and I need the columns to be >placed like this (it won't look right if you're not reading this with a >fixed pitch font): > > | | | | > v v v v > 000000 CN 1 > 111111 AC > 333333 AC > 444444 CN 1 > 555555 CN 1 > 666666 CN 1 > 777777 AC > 888888 CN 1 > > I've tried several times to convert this using convert text to table, but > I end up with, shall we say, displeasing results. I can put it to Excel > and drag column guides and it's fine, but can't word manage the same > thing? > > Thanks, > > Ed >