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How to Convert a Table into Text in Microsoft Word
02 August 2017
Word easily converts a table into text
The main “problem” with this operation is not to perform the converting itself, but to find when the necessary button is :)
1. Select the table you want to convert into text or place the text cursor into any of its cells. On the ribbon, the Layout menu appears. (It is missing when the text cursor is placed outside a table.)
2. Select Layout > Convert to Text.
3. A dialog box appears where you can choose how cells are divided in the resulting text: with paragraph signs, tabs, semicolons, or others (you can pick yourself).
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