merging tables within document

[Bob Hansen]

Hi Group,
I use a table in Word as a database. Just people's names,
addresses, phone
#s, etc. Other people send me word documents with more
people in them,
formatted the exact same way. I am trying to add them to
my existing table.
I can bring in the new pages into my existing document,
no problem. The
problem is that even though all the pages are in the same
file, they are
still seen as separate tables, I can't sort the whole
thing. I can only sort
one page at a time. I need a way to merge all the pages
within the document
so I can sort all of them at once. Any help will be
appreciated.
Bob

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If the tables you're adding have the same number of columns (even if they're
not the same width), you should be able to add them to the existing table.
Whenever you put rows at the beginning or end of a table, Word will consider
it part of the same table provided that (a) you don't have any text
paragraphs intervening (display nonprinting characters to make this easier
to see) and (b) neither of the tables is wrapped. If there are nested
tables, this can cause problems as well. If push comes to shove, you can add
extra rows to the existing table and copy/paste the data in cell by cell,
but this shouldn't be necessary.

 

[Bob Hansen]

-----Original Message-----
If the tables you're adding have the same number of columns (even if they're
not the same width), you should be able to add them to the existing table.
Whenever you put rows at the beginning or end of a table, Word will consider
it part of the same table provided that (a) you don't have any text
paragraphs intervening (display nonprinting characters to make this easier
to see) and (b) neither of the tables is wrapped. If there are nested
tables, this can cause problems as well. If push comes to shove, you can add
extra rows to the existing table and copy/paste the data in cell by cell,
but this shouldn't be necessary.





Thanks Suzanne, that did it. There were some tabs in a

couple of cells and also some returns between pages.