CENTER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF
TEACHING & LEARNING
 PRAXIS   | Volume 13, Issue 1 | Feb 2009
Praxis is the newsletter brought to you by Grossmont College's Center for Advancement of Teaching and Learning (CATL).

CATL is for our instructors and staff, to help them learn and teach technology.

Praxis offers monthly computer tips, tricks, and hints. Please see the CATL website for more information about CATL offerings.

 

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Hints
 Converting a table into text

After creating a table and entering data into it, the table can be converted into text. To convert a table into text:

  • Select the entire table.
  • Select the "Convert" command from Table layout menu, and a submenu appears.
  • Select the "Convert Table to Text" command, and a dialog box appears.
  • Select the desired option from the dialog box to separate the text of cells and then click the "Ok" button.

The text in cells can be separated as:

Paragraph Marks:    The data in each cell is converted to a paragraph of document.

Tabs:                                  The tabs are inserted between the text of cell

Commas:                  The commas are inserted between the text of cell.

Others:                     User defined character is inserted between the text of cell.

 

For example, a table is given below having four records of students.

John

USA

23

Elton

UK

20

Elizabeth

Canada

52

Nancy

Australia

02

The above table is converted to text by using the Tabs separator. The text of the above table is given below after conversion.

John                   USA                23

Elton                   UK                  20

Elizabeth             Canada           52

Nancy               Australia            02
Questions?  Contact CATL Coordinator Patty Morrison
 

at either 619-644-7788 or pat.morrison@gcccd.edu.