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Subject:RE: Word killed my format...? From:Elisabeth Zakes <ezakes -at- PlanView -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 17 May 2002 09:28:11 -0500
Actually, I just have to have the same *number* of tabs between entries that
will end up as columns, not that they have to be lined up. Worked in Word 97
and now in Word 2K.
Elisabeth B. Zakes
Austin, TX
> On the plus side, Word will do one nice thing after wrecking all your hard
> work. Putting everything back into tables isn't hard; simply select all
the
> text for a given table, open the Table menu, and select "Convert text to
> table". So long as the tab stops all line up, you'll rebuild the table
> quickly. If they don't line up, spend a few moments aligning them before
> trying this menu combination.
>
> Best of luck!
>
> --Geoff Hart, geoff-h -at- mtl -dot- feric -dot- ca
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