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  #21  
Old March 9th, 2008, 10:47 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Graham Mayor
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Default Converet plain text to table

Are you using English regional settings? If not you will probably have to
use separators associated with your local region. In particular some
languages require a semi colon in place of a comma.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



geotso wrote:
then, "Graham Mayor" climbed to the rostrum and said:
Send me a sample of the document to the link on my web site so that
I can


you (and everyone) can get it from he http://geotso.com/sample.aspx

check that we are all singing from the same hymn sheet, however in
the meantime try a search for

([0-9]{1,}.)[ ]{1,}([A-Za-z]{1,})[ ]{1,}([A-Za-z]{1,})[
^0160^t]{1,}([0-9]) replace with
\1^t\2^t\3^t\4

with the wildcard option set.

The same "invalid expression" message box



  #22  
Old March 9th, 2008, 10:58 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Terry Farrell
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Default Converet plain text to table

I've looked at your document and there is no need for any of this
complication at all. Just use the Replace dialog to Find: ^w and Replace ^t.
No Wildcard needed.

Multiple tabs are recognized as whites space as are the single and multiple
manual spaces. So a single pass does exactly what you need. Once you have
done this, go through the document again before creating the table to
correct the few errors where spaces were missing or an extra space has been
added. These are easy to spot and there are only a few: it will be easier to
correct before conversion than after conversion.

Once you are happy with it, select the list and use the Text to Table
conversion.

If you have missed a mistake (a missing or extra tab) and the table looks
wrong, use UNDO immediately to revert back to the text list to correct the
error before using the Text to Table again.

--
Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP

"geotso" wrote in message
...
then, "Graham Mayor" climbed to the rostrum and said:
Send me a sample of the document to the link on my web site so that I can


you (and everyone) can get it from he http://geotso.com/sample.aspx

check that we are all singing from the same hymn sheet, however in the
meantime try a search for

([0-9]{1,}.)[ ]{1,}([A-Za-z]{1,})[ ]{1,}([A-Za-z]{1,})[
^0160^t]{1,}([0-9])
replace with
\1^t\2^t\3^t\4

with the wildcard option set.

The same "invalid expression" message box


  #23  
Old March 9th, 2008, 11:10 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
geotso[_2_]
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Default Converet plain text to table

then, "Graham Mayor" climbed to the rostrum and said:
Are you using English regional settings? If not you will probably have to
use separators associated with your local region. In particular some
languages require a semi colon in place of a comma.


my goodness!!! That's it!!!

Thank you, thank you, and thank you!!! (Not to mention how much I thank you!!!)
  #24  
Old March 9th, 2008, 11:30 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
geotso[_2_]
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Default Converet plain text to table

then, "Terry Farrell" climbed to the rostrum and said:
I've looked at your document and there is no need for any of this
complication at all. Just use the Replace dialog to Find: ^w and Replace
^t. No Wildcard needed.

I've tried it and it works just fine. Thank you very much!

However, Graham's last post was the real answer on why wildcards expressions
don't work in my Word, and that's why he owns more thanks than you!
  #25  
Old March 9th, 2008, 02:29 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Graham Mayor
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Default Converet plain text to table

You are welcome
Glad we got to the bottom of the problem.
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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



geotso wrote:
then, "Graham Mayor" climbed to the rostrum and said:
Are you using English regional settings? If not you will probably
have to use separators associated with your local region. In
particular some languages require a semi colon in place of a comma.


my goodness!!! That's it!!!

Thank you, thank you, and thank you!!! (Not to mention how much I
thank you!!!)



  #26  
Old March 9th, 2008, 04:32 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Terry Farrell
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Default Converet plain text to table

I'm not at all jealous in any way!

Terry

"geotso" wrote in message
...
then, "Terry Farrell" climbed to the rostrum and said:
I've looked at your document and there is no need for any of this
complication at all. Just use the Replace dialog to Find: ^w and Replace
^t. No Wildcard needed.

I've tried it and it works just fine. Thank you very much!

However, Graham's last post was the real answer on why wildcards
expressions don't work in my Word, and that's why he owns more thanks than
you!


  #27  
Old March 9th, 2008, 05:20 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Suzanne S. Barnhill
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I should have twigged this earlier on, but your English was so good that it
was only in the last post or two that I began to wonder if you were
somewhere exotic. g

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"geotso" wrote in message
...
then, "Graham Mayor" climbed to the rostrum and said:
Are you using English regional settings? If not you will probably have to
use separators associated with your local region. In particular some
languages require a semi colon in place of a comma.


my goodness!!! That's it!!!

Thank you, thank you, and thank you!!! (Not to mention how much I thank
you!!!)



  #28  
Old March 9th, 2008, 06:15 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
geotso[_2_]
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Default OT: How is this?

It seems that OE you use as newsreader, adds a header "X-RFC2646:
Format=Flowed; Response" in your posts (Graham's post, too) that prevents my
Thunderbird from including the previous messages, along with my answer, when
I post back to you (or to Graham).

Could you please tell me how you edit the headers in OE, or it's a
server-side setting?

Thank you and sorry for the off-topic post...
  #29  
Old March 9th, 2008, 07:24 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Default How is this?

I'm afraid I have no expertise in this area, but at least it explains your
failure to quote. I'm using OE out of the box, with no special settings or
editing of the header.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"geotso" wrote in message
...
It seems that OE you use as newsreader, adds a header "X-RFC2646:
Format=Flowed; Response" in your posts (Graham's post, too) that prevents
my Thunderbird from including the previous messages, along with my answer,
when I post back to you (or to Graham).

Could you please tell me how you edit the headers in OE, or it's a
server-side setting?

Thank you and sorry for the off-topic post...



  #30  
Old March 9th, 2008, 08:24 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Bob Buckland ?:-\)
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Default How is this?

Hi Geotso,

Thunderbird usually doesn't have an issue with that.

In Thunderbird check in
Tools=Account Settings=Composition & Addressing
to see if you've turned on the option to

'Automatically quote the original message when replying'

In viewing your message in Thunderbird it's showing Greek (ISO-8859-7) for text encoding.
In viewing in Outlook Express it shows Western Europe (Windows)
but changing didn't stop Thunderbird from including the original message in the reply.

==============
"geotso" wrote in message ...
It seems that OE you use as newsreader, adds a header "X-RFC2646:
Format=Flowed; Response" in your posts (Graham's post, too) that prevents my
Thunderbird from including the previous messages, along with my answer, when
I post back to you (or to Graham).

Could you please tell me how you edit the headers in OE, or it's a
server-side setting?

Thank you and sorry for the off-topic post...
--

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*


 




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