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MS Office Forum / Word / General MS Word Questions / September 2009How to remove a 'column' from text in a document?
Is there a simple way to remove a column from a document of text? For example, I have a document with a column of superflous information either a tab character, or some repeated useless words. I'd like to remove that section out from between everything that's there. The present work around is time consuming: place the cursor at the start of the column on each line, shift ctrl-arrowright until too much is blue, shift ctrl-left, and THEN delete. Repeat on each line. Is there an easy way to do this in Notepad, Worpad, or Word? Robert Column Select in Word is Alt+drag.  SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org > Is there a simple way to remove a column from a document of text? > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Robert Is there a simple way to 'insert' a column? In case I want to ADD a set of tab characters > Column Select in Word is Alt+drag. > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > > Robert I use Replace to add tab characters. SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org Is there a simple way to 'insert' a column? In case I want to ADD a set of tab characters On Sep 28, 9:03 am, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnh...@mvps.org> wrote: > Column Select in Word is Alt+drag. > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > > Robert Thank you for your help. But, several experiments have failed, so need step by step instructions. When I marked a column, used replace, and tried to add a tab character; all I got was kicked out of replace. Repeat attempt trying to add three spaces and still nothing happened. If doing a simple remove characters, must be careful that wraparound doesn't place characters I want to keep into the section that gets removed. My workaround for total control is very awkward. Convert to text only. store as a file that has 8.3 filename format. Open using an old DOS editor, WordStar. Completely do everything in column mode, save file, open with Notepad, and paste back into the Word doc file. Cumbersome. > I use Replace to add tab characters. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Words into Type > Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org Well, if you have columns created with tabs, then you can replace ^t with ^t^t. Instead of Replace All, use Find Next to add tabs only where needed. But it would make a lot more sense to convert the text to a table, then add a column to the table. SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org Thank you for your help. But, several experiments have failed, so need step by step instructions. When I marked a column, used replace, and tried to add a tab character; all I got was kicked out of replace. Repeat attempt trying to add three spaces and still nothing happened. If doing a simple remove characters, must be careful that wraparound doesn't place characters I want to keep into the section that gets removed. My workaround for total control is very awkward. Convert to text only. store as a file that has 8.3 filename format. Open using an old DOS editor, WordStar. Completely do everything in column mode, save file, open with Notepad, and paste back into the Word doc file. Cumbersome. On Sep 28, 8:09 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnh...@mvps.org> wrote: > I use Replace to add tab characters. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Words into Type > Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org You can also search for the end of a row (stop followed by a return or just a return) and replace with stop/return/tab or Return/Tab. But as Suzanne suggests, convert text to table and then use Add a Column Before. Fill the new column with Tabs and then convert Table to Text. SignatureTerry Farrell - MSWord MVP > Thank you for your help. But, several experiments have failed, so need > step by step instructions. [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >> Words into Type >> Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org I got the impression the column was to be added in the middle of the line, but of course I could be misinterpreting. This whole thread has been too vague for my taste. SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org > You can also search for the end of a row (stop followed by a return or > just a return) and replace with stop/return/tab or Return/Tab. But as [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] >>> Words into Type >>> Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org > I got the impression the column was to be added in the middle of the line, > but of course I could be misinterpreting. This whole thread has been too [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Words into Type > Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org Yes, added ANYWHERE. Or delete anywhere. Well, for me, the description proferred for 'replace' was so vague I couldn't get it to work. So far DELETE has been no problem. Thank you for this powerful tool. But inserting a column some where I didn't see anyway to do until mentioning text to table to text Will try. |
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