Valerye, My dad has Word 2007 on his computer, so I searched the help for converting text to table and here is what I found.
1. insert separator between columns of text. Separators are something like a tab or coma (,). Be sure that there is a paragraph mark where you want to begin a new row.
2. Select the text that you want to convert to a table. 3. In the insert tab go to the table group and select convert text to table.4. In this dialog, select the type of separator you used, check the number of columns and select any other options. If the number of columns you expect to have is not available, there is probably a missing separator in one of the rows.
Also, to convert a table to text, it is on the layout tab, in the data group, under table tools, and convert table to text. You must have the table or rows that you wish to convert selected.
I agree that word 2007 is much more complicated to use, This is a perfect example. I mean shouldn't the convert text to table and convert table to text be in the same place? It was obviously a very convoluted mind that create Word 2007.
Melissa Valerie Maples wrote:
Word 2007 has no menus; just ribbons. YUCK! I will poke around and see if I can find them.I hate the ribbons! If I could go back to 2003, I would! Valerie On 11 02, 2009, at 11:49 AM, Lynn I wrote:That's exactly what I do, also, and the tables have been preserved. *smile*Blessings. Lynnsky ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jackie McBride" <abletec@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, November 01, 2009 10:21 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: a really tough decision to make... Valerie: If I need to do tables, & they do work in word, I simply select the text, go to the table menu, & select convert text to table. Have u done this? Tabs as such are not retained but when u do the convert text to table option, the conversion takes place & the bookshare tools do not break them, at least so far as I am aware. If they've done some new stuff, though, who knows? On 11/1/09, Monica Willyard <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:Valerie, you're out of my territory. :( I wish I could help. I use Kurzweil to proofread all of my books. I hope someone like Jamie will know about howto do it. If not, we can search the archives of this list on Freelists foran answer. Monica Willyard "The best way to predict the future is to create it." -- Peter Drucker -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Valerie MaplesSent: Sunday, November 01, 2009 10:05 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: a really tough decision to make... I am guessing I would need to rescan this book, then, since it came to me with spaces and tabs, not the real tables. I got it early in my proofing, before I was scanning. The original submitter bought and sent me a copy of the book, so I guess I could do it over as a BSO and have someone else proofread it. Are there special techniques for preserving the tables in Word? I seem to remember that posted way back, before it affected me... Valerie On 11 01, 2009, at 8:54 PM, Monica Willyard wrote:Hi Valerie. Bookshare tools do retain text-based tables nicely. I have verified this in several books I have submitted by looking at the end result in the daisy file. Bookshare files don't present tables exactly the way they look to you visually in Word. What they don't do is display images, borders, or shading as you see in Word. Daisy does support tables, and the Bookshare tools do recognize them during processing. They look more like HTML tables though. In your book, the checklists and tables will be retained. The tabs and borders won't show up, and that is because daisy books don't use tabs. They are based on a language called XML which is somewhat like what you see in pages on the web. The Braille version of your book will show items on a single line if a person is using a Braille display. This is because of the limitations of the Braille display, not in tables themselves. Most Braille displays can only show one line of text at a time. I hope this helps. Monica Willyard "The best way to predict the future is to create it." -- Peter Drucker To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a listof available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a listof available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.-- Change the world--1 deed at a time Jackie McBride Check out my homepage at: www.abletec.serverheaven.net & please join my fight against breast cancer <http://teamacs.acsevents.org/site/TR?px=1790196&pg=personal&fr_id=3489> To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list ofavailable commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.comVersion: 8.5.424 / Virus Database: 270.14.45/2476 - Release Date: 11/02/0907:51:00 To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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