converting tabular structures in a Word document into an actual tableor reading data from the tabula

[s]

I have a macro which can read the last cell/column of all tables in a
Word 2003/2007 document and store the data in an MS-Access table. But,
some Word documents have the data in structures like a table format
but are not actually tables. The structure looks like a table, but the
table borders are actually line connectors. These documents were
created by a software(VeryPDF PDF to Word converter) which converted
the PDF documents(the original format these documents were) into Word
documents.

1. Is there a way I can convert/replace the tabular structures with
actual tables in Word so that I can use the macro?

2. Or, is there a way I can read the value of the last column from the
tabular structures using some VBA code?

Any advice would be appreciated.

 

[Jay Freedman]

Select the tabular structure and click Table > Convert > Text to Table (or
in Word 2007, Insert > Table > Convert Text to Table).

Before you can get this to work properly, you may have to do some cleanup to
remove some of the line-drawing characters, especially those that make the
corners and the horizontal lines. Instead of removing the vertical lines
between the columns, use those as the "separator characters" in the
conversion dialog.

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[s]

Select the tabular structure and click Table > Convert > Text to Table (or
in Word 2007, Insert > Table > Convert Text to Table).

Before you can get this to work properly, you may have to do some cleanupto
remove some of the line-drawing characters, especially those that make the
corners and the horizontal lines. Instead of removing the vertical lines
between the columns, use those as the "separator characters" in the
conversion dialog.

Thanks for the suggestion.

How do I use the vertical lines between the columns as "separator
characters"? In Word 2007, I choose Insert -> Table -> Convert Text to
Table, in that at Separate Text as option, I can enter some
information for Other, but what do I enter for the vertical lines
which are actually line connectors? Do I enter their ASCII code
value(i don't know how to find their ASCII code value) or something
else?

Can you please clarify?

Thanks

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

You could try copying and pasting one of the "line connectors" into the
Other space

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[Jay Freedman]

Hint: With the cursor in the Other box, press Ctrl+V to paste the
clipboard content. (Lots of people think they have to use a toolbar
button or a menu entry to paste, and those aren't available in a
dialog. The keyboard shortcut works almost everywhere.)