WD: Text Converted to One-Row Table (Paragraph Marks Ignored)
Article ID: 142101
Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 6.0a
- Microsoft Word 6.0c
- Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 95a
- Microsoft Word 6.0 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh
This article was previously published under Q142101
SYMPTOMS
When you try to convert text to a table, Microsoft Word puts all the text
in a single row. In the Convert Table To Text dialog box, Word shows only
one row even though there should be multiple rows.
This behavior occurs even when each line of text is separated by a
paragraph mark.
CAUSE
This problem occurs if the paragraph marks have been inserted using the
ASCII equivalent number 13 (denoted as ^13) rather than (^p). The Convert
Text To Table feature does not recognize ^13 as a valid paragraph mark.
RESOLUTION
Before you convert the text to a table, replace the ASCII 13 characters
(^13) with the appropriate paragraph marks (^p). To do this, follow these
steps:
- Select all the text that you want to convert to a table.
- On the Edit menu, click Replace.
- In the Find What box, type ^13.
- In the Replace With box, type ^p.
- In the Search box, click to select Down, and then click Replace All.
- When Word asks if you want to continue to search the rest of the
document, click No.
- Click Close.
- With the lines of text still selected, click Convert Text To Table on
the Table menu. The correct options should appear. Click OK.
Additional query words: linefeed line feed carriage return 8.0 8.00
Keywords: kbtable kbprb KB142101