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Old June 3rd, 2010, 02:18 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement,microsoft.public.word.programming,microsoft.public.word.tables,microsoft.public.word.vba.general
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Default converting tabular structures in a Word document into an actualtable or reading data from the tabular structures using VBA code

On Jun 2, 9:04*pm, Jay Freedman wrote:
Hint: With the cursor in the Other box, press Ctrl+V to paste the
clipboard content. (Lots of people think they have to use a toolbar
button or a menu entry to paste, and those aren't available in a
dialog. The keyboard shortcut works almost everywhere.)


Did that, did not work. Nothing appeared in the Other box.
I clicked OK, hoping it might work, but it did not.

The Ctl+V shortcut works almost everywhere in Windows, but at the
place where you are pasting, it should be taking that kind of input
which
in this case(the area in the Other box), i guess, is not. Either
that,
or I am doing something wrong.

Did it work for you? I am using Word 2007.

On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 08:57:47 +1000, "Doug Robbins - Word MVP"

wrote:
You could try copying and pasting one of the "line connectors" into the
Other space


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Hope this helps.


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Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com


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On Jun 2, 4:26 pm, "Jay Freedman" wrote:
Select the tabular structure and click Table Convert Text to Table
(or
in Word 2007, Insert Table Convert Text to Table).


Before you can get this to work properly, you may have to do some cleanup
to
remove some of the line-drawing characters, especially those that make
the
corners and the horizontal lines. Instead of removing the vertical lines
between the columns, use those as the "separator characters" in the
conversion dialog.


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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP * * * *FAQ:http://word.mvps.org


Thanks for the suggestion.


How do I use the vertical lines between the columns as "separator
characters"? In Word 2007, I choose Insert - Table - Convert Text to
Table, in that at Separate Text as option, I can enter some
information for Other, but what do I enter for the vertical lines
which are actually line connectors? Do I enter their ASCII code
value(i don't know how to find their ASCII code value) or something
else?


Can you please clarify?


Thanks