Re: Tables - Word to V8 - some do, some don't

[Allan Shearer]

... maybe there's a table within a table?  Can you do that in Word?  If so ... UGH!   :(

 

Anyhow, sounds like you're very close to a solution.  Good for you.

 

Allan

 

 

"Mike Jackson" <mi...@mjpublications.com> wrote in message news:416fdfe4$1_3@cnews...

Thanks, Allan. I tried that too, making the Word page 22 in. long (the max allowed) which put the table on one page but made no difference. In the last ten minutes I think I found a clue: I saved from Word 2000 to Word 6 format; opened in WordPerfect 9; and when I went to select the table, only part of the table was selected. The Word table is being regarded as a collection of small tables, but in Word it appears as only one large table. (I must add that I didn't make the original table!). So I'm cutting-and-pasting bit by bit!

Mike
www.mjpublications.com

Allan Shearer wrote:

I wonder ... does the 54-row table span more than one page in MS Word?  If 
so, that might be the problem (just a guess, though).  MS Word does some 
things with tables when they cross page boundaries ... things that are not 
'becoming' to a Ventura table.  Perhaps this might explain Ventura's 
inability to recognize the object on the clipboard as a valid / usable 
table.

If you think this might be the case ..... try (with using page size/margins, 
etc... in MS Word) getting that table all on one page ... then copy and 
paste it into Ventura.  See if that does it.

Again . . . just a hunch - knowing that MS Word tables are a little tricky 
when the cross pages.

HTH

Allan



"Mike Jackson" <mi...@mjpublications.com> wrote in message 
news:416fcf91_1@cnews...
  

I have two tables in a 2-page Word doc: one can be copied and Pasted 
Specially into V8 as a Table. But when I try V8's Paste Special on the 
other table, I am not given the Table option. The first table is quite 
small (3 rows x 4 columns); the problem table is 54 rows, but other than 
that I cannot see any essential difference between the two to explain the 
different behaviour in V8.

Does Word have different types of tables?

Mike
www.mjpublications.com



    

[Allison Moore]

> Does Word have different types of tables?

I usually swipe the table (or part of it for very large, complex tables)
in Word, Paste Special as plain Text (or pass it through an ASCII
editor), then use the Text to Table add-on in Ventura. When specifying
number of rows in Text to Table, estimate generously. That way, when
problems show up, there's room for all the data. Depending on the
complexity of the table, I can usually safely process around 70 rows at
a pop.

Between checking for data landing in the wrong column and reviewing the
tabs that separate the cells in the pasted text, I can zero in on the
problems pretty quickly and clean them up.

Table tags help greatly in reformatting the tables, but you have to be
careful not to save the number of rows in the tag definition.

This process may be extra work, but I wind up with tables that are clean
and stable.

Allison

[Donna Lupi]

>collection of small tables, but in Word it appears as only one large table

I have that problem all the time. IF there is a paragraph break between the
tables, they will be viewed as separate tables. Usually these are tables
someone else created and I know they can be quite aggravating to bring them
into Ventura. I think your solution of cutting and pasting bit by bit is
probably the best way to do it.

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Donna Lupi
EDO Professional Services
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