Hi Dave,

Have you tried Tabel|Convert|Table to Text?

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Cheers
macropod
[Microsoft MVP - Word]


"Dave Miles" wrote in message news

I have a word doc that the author created columns in and I need to get
the raw text. If I save it as txt the formatting gets messed up.

When I look at the page (or print it) I see somthing like:


Date: xx/xx/xx Name: Fred
Time: xx:xx Occupation: Tech Support

When I save as text, or select, copy & paste in notepad, I see
something like:

Date: xx/xx/xx Name:
Time: xx:xx Occupation:
Fred
Tech Support

I have a lot more info on the page which makes it impossible for me to
parse it out. Is there a way to just remove the columns and preserve
the same text on the same line?

Thanks!




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Dave Miles