The table is now a list of tab separated values, ready for you to work with outside of table formatting. I chose Tabs for mine, but I may sometimes select Commas when I want to export as a comma separated value (CSV) file.ĥ. You will have the option to choose how to separate your text at the existing cells. In the Data group, select Convert to Text.Ĥ. Click into your table to activate the Table Design and Layout contextual tabs.ģ. This can happen when you are trying to meet accessibility standards, or when an old table formatting just doesn’t behave well in modern versions of Office.ġ. Sometimes the inverse is true… you have inherited a document with a table and you need it to be converted to text. I always go for green for some reason… Convert Table to Text Make sure you have clicked onto your table for these to appear, as they are contextual tabs. Press OK and a simple table will be created with the text values you highlighted.ĭon’t forget… you have a lot of options for styles and formatting in the Table Design and Layout tabs. Note you could change the delimiter under the Separate text at section, if Word does not pick up on it automatically.Ĥ. In my case, Word has caught on that the values are separated by commas.
Go to the Insert tab and select the Table dropdown. I am going to use the example of the comma separated values above.Ģ. But you may also run into documents that export with other delimiters, like tabs, paragraphs, semi colons, etc. This is common for a lot of text exported from other sources.
In my case, my starting values are separated by commas. Starting Place: Comma (or Tab) Delimited Values You could insert a table and copy and paste for half an hour, or you could do this little trick. Sometimes you inherited a document with an odd layout, or you exported from another source, and for whatever reason the text just looks odd. There are a variety of reasons you may need to move text into (or out of) a table in Word.
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