Microsoft KB Archive/137919

WD6x: Save As Text Converts Table to Paragraph-Delimited Text

PSS ID Number: Q137919 Article last modified on 12-11-1998

MACINTOSH: 6.0, 6.0.1

MACINTOSH WINDOWS

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The information in this article applies to:

 == Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1 == 

= SYMPTOMS =

A table in a Microsoft Word version 6.0 or later document collapses into a single column of text when the document is saved in one of the following formats:

Text Only Text Only with Line Breaks MS-DOS Text MS-DOS Text with Line Breaks

= CAUSE =

A table row is actually a special case of sequential paragraphs, using Chr(7) following the paragraph mark and Chr(13), as the end-of-cell and two of them for end-of-row delimiters. When the file is saved as text, the export routine strips the Chr(7) characters, leaving only the hard returns Chr(13).

NOTE: This is a change in functionality from Word 5.x for the Macintosh, which saved the table as tab-delimited text.

= RESOLUTION =

To work around this behavior, use either of the following methods.

Method 1
Save the document in Text With Layout format.

Method 2
Convert the table to tab-delimited text before you save the file. To do this, follow these steps:


 * 1) Place the insertion point inside the first cell of the table.
 * 2) On the Table menu, click Select Table.
 * 3) On the Table menu, click Convert Table To Text.
 * 4) Under the Separate Text With option, click Tabs.
 * 5) Click OK.

= MORE INFORMATION =

Saving the document in the MS-DOS Text With Layout or the Text With Layout format in Word 6.x does not result in paragraph-delimited text.

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Keywords : kbinterop kbdta macword kbtable Version : MACINTOSH: 6.0, 6.0.1 Platform : MACINTOSH WINDOWS Issue type : kbprb ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.