Remove a table but not contents throughout a document

[Carrie_Loos via OfficeKB.com]

I need help. I am not very talented in Word. I have a very large document
that I am working on that has 1 column 2 rows in it. They are meant as
statements, for instance; one table is labeled "Caution" and the 2nd row has
the cautionary information in it. There are three saftey words for the tables,
"Warning", "Caution" and "Note" and there are hundreds of each of them.

There is a request to have the statements not in tables. I can't find
anything in help about how to "remove" a table while keeping the context. So
I started cutting and pasting, there must be a better way! Perhaps a macro
could help? Anyone?

Thanks in Advance
Carrie

 

[Jay Freedman]

I need help. I am not very talented in Word. I have a very large document
that I am working on that has 1 column 2 rows in it. They are meant as
statements, for instance; one table is labeled "Caution" and the 2nd row has
the cautionary information in it. There are three saftey words for the tables,
"Warning", "Caution" and "Note" and there are hundreds of each of them.

There is a request to have the statements not in tables. I can't find
anything in help about how to "remove" a table while keeping the context. So
I started cutting and pasting, there must be a better way! Perhaps a macro
could help? Anyone?

Thanks in Advance
Carrie

For one table, you can select the table and click Table > Convert > Table To
Text. (In Word 2007, click Table Tools > Layout > Convert To Text.)

Since there are so many of them, you need a macro that does the same thing for
each of them automatically. See http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm for
instructions on how to use this:

Sub AllTablesToText()
Dim myTbl As Table

For Each myTbl In ActiveDocument.Tables
myTbl.ConvertToText
Next
End Sub