Please help - how to delete text?

[jan]

Hello,

I have a text file containing lines like this pattern shows:

word1:word2:word3
word4:word5:word6
....

Now, How could I do remove everything after (and including) ":" sign in each
line so I would get something like:

word1:word2
word4:word5

Thanks,

Jan
....

 

[DeanH]

If you have a paragraph mark after word3 and word 6, you could temporarily
create a table, then delet the last column, then revert back to text.
Table menu, Text to Table, Separate text at: Other, :
Number of columns should change to 3.
Hope this helps
DeanH

 

[jan]

I have word 2007, where is table menu?

If you have a paragraph mark after word3 and word 6, you could temporarily
create a table, then delet the last column, then revert back to text.
Table menu, Text to Table, Separate text at: Other, :
Number of columns should change to 3.
Hope this helps
DeanH

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

For Text to Table, click the Insert ribbon tab, click the dropdown arrow
under Table, then click Convert Text to Table.

When a table is selected, the Table Tools Design and Layout tabs are
available. These provide access to what the Tables toolbar formerly
provided.