Hi Steve,

I'm not sure of a lot about your problem. For example, if you want to do
this in Excel, why are you writing to a Word newsgroup? I'll assume that
you're starting in Word and only intend to use Text to Columns in Excel (but
Word has this functionality). Here's my test document (where "Interior
Design is boldfaced):

Interior Design A magazine on the interior design industry

Interior Design A magazine on the interior design industry

Interior Design A magazine on the interior design industry

Interior Design A magazine on the interior design industry

Interior Design A magazine on the interior design industry

Interior Design A magazine on the interior design industry

Here's the routine I used to change this to a table

With Selection
   .HomeKey unit:=wdStory
   With .Find
       .ClearFormatting
       .Font.Bold = True
       .Text = ""
       Do While .Execute
           With Selection
               .InsertAfter Text:="@"
               .MoveRight
           End With
       Loop
   End With
End With

ActiveDocument.Range.ConvertToTable Separator:="@", NumColumns:=2

Now, main problem is this: If you have any other boldface formatting, I
cannot gaurantee this to work, and I don't know of an efficient workaround.

HTH and good luck,

Dave