3 Tabulated columns in Word. convert to 3 cell table

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Fred Jonesy - 21 Mar 2006 22:56 GMT

I typed an 8 pg list in Word of Birthdays and need to occasionally add to and
take away. I did not organize it for changes and wondered if this document
can be converted to organized rows, where date, name & apartment number can
be altered without retypeing. Iam a senior and new in computereze. Pls help!
Fred Jonesy

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Suzanne S. Barnhill - 21 Mar 2006 23:33 GMT

Have you tried Table | Convert | Text to Table? You must have a consistent
number of tab characters in each line/paragraph, so if you have used
multiple tab characters to place text at the default built-in tab stops,
you'll first need to prepare your document for conversion. Set explicit tab
stops (using the ruler or the Tabs dialog) only where your columns are and
then replace ^t^t with ^t until you get 0 replacements.

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> I typed an 8 pg list in Word of Birthdays and need to occasionally add to and
> take away. I did not organize it for changes and wondered if this document
> can be converted to organized rows, where date, name & apartment number can
> be altered without retypeing. Iam a senior and new in computereze. Pls help!
> Fred Jonesy

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