Microsoft KB Archive/94353

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Space Between Fields When Table Converted to Text with Commas

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Q94353

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.1a, 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c, 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c

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SUMMARY
When you convert a Word for Windows table to text and separate the text with commas, Word adds an extra space after each comma.

Workarounds

 * 1) Convert the table to text.
 * 2) Select Separate Text With Tabs.
 * 3) Use the Replace command on the Edit menu to replace the tabs with commas.

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 * 1) Convert the table to text.
 * 2) Select Separate Text With Commas.
 * 3) Use the Replace command to replace the comma+space combination with just a comma.

Steps to Reproduce Problem

 * 1) From the Table menu, choose Insert Table.
 * 2) Set Number Of Columns to 3, Number Of Rows to 1, and choose the OK button.
 * 3) Type a word in each cell.
 * 4) From the Table menu, choose Select Table.
 * 5) From the Table menu, choose Convert Table To Text.
 * 6) Select Separate Text With Commas and choose the OK button.

Result: Word inserts extra spaces, one after each comma separating the words. This will cause problems if the converted table is a Word for Windows data document used in a print merge, since the header record (first row in the data document) cannot contain any spaces.

Additional query words: 1.0 1.10a 2.0 2.0a-cd word6 winword 6.0 winword2

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