Select all tables in word

[Jurgen]

Instead of having to select tables one by one, by clicking the symbol that
appears in the left upper corner, I'd like to be able to select all tables at
once. The reason: I want to convert all tables in one document to text at
once, because I want to select a similarly formatted text within the tables
and count the characters.

How to select all tables within one document at once? Thank you.

 

[Clive Huggan]

Hello Jurgen,

I suspect you might be using Word on the PC, because I'm not aware of "the
symbol that appears in the left upper corner" in Mac versions of Word.

You've landed in a discussion group for users of Mac versions of Word (not
your fault: it's a charming foible of Microsoft's web interface, which I
guess you used). Mac versions differ variously from PC versions. Although
several people here use both PCs and Macs and may give you an answer soon,
it's likely that more people in a PC group have experienced your specific
problem. Here's where all the groups are listed:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/FlyoutOverview.mspx

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
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[CyberTaz]

Hello Clive -

I couldn't agree more that it makes it tough to help someone if they neglect
to indicate so much as what type of computer they have - let alone OS &
program versions - but I know what he means by the "symbol". It's the little
square with the cross in it that appears upper left *outside* the table. I
don't know if it has a specific name, but I've always called it the 'select
table' icon. It can be an elusive little devil, but it's there

As to the question - No, you can't select multiple separate tables at once.
Depending on version of Word you could create a macro that would select one
table at a time & convert it to text. However, that may still not render the
desired result dependent on the properties of each table.

The bigger however, however, is that a table need not be converted to text
if you're simply looking to find all content in the document that's
formatted the same way... But you know all this

Again, if posters would re-read their messages as if they had no idea where
it came from they *might* realize how lacking in substance the query really
is - [Phone Call: "Hello doc - I don't feel good what should I do?"]

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Clive Huggan]

Thanks for clarifying that, Bob!

Jurgen, I note that you said "I want to select a similarly formatted text
within the tables and count the characters".

You could perhaps meet your requirement by selecting both the tables and
text involved, copying, creating a new [temporary] blank document, and
choosing Edit menu => Paste Special => Unformatted text. The desired text
that was in tables (but now is plain text) could be selected by
Command-clicking -- it's easy to see which text was in tables because of the
large number of blank paragraph marks. You could then count the characters
in the selected text.

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is 5-11 hours different from North America and Europe, so my
follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
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Hello Clive -

I couldn't agree more that it makes it tough to help someone if they neglect
to indicate so much as what type of computer they have - let alone OS &
program versions - but I know what he means by the "symbol". It's the little
square with the cross in it that appears upper left *outside* the table. I
don't know if it has a specific name, but I've always called it the 'select
table' icon. It can be an elusive little devil, but it's there

As to the question - No, you can't select multiple separate tables at once.
Depending on version of Word you could create a macro that would select one
table at a time & convert it to text. However, that may still not render the
desired result dependent on the properties of each table.

The bigger however, however, is that a table need not be converted to text
if you're simply looking to find all content in the document that's
formatted the same way... But you know all this

Again, if posters would re-read their messages as if they had no idea where
it came from they *might* realize how lacking in substance the query really
is - [Phone Call: "Hello doc - I don't feel good what should I do?"]

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

Hello Jurgen,

I suspect you might be using Word on the PC, because I'm not aware of "the
symbol that appears in the left upper corner" in Mac versions of Word.

You've landed in a discussion group for users of Mac versions of Word (not
your fault: it's a charming foible of Microsoft's web interface, which I
guess you used). Mac versions differ variously from PC versions. Although
several people here use both PCs and Macs and may give you an answer soon,
it's likely that more people in a PC group have experienced your specific
problem. Here's where all the groups are listed:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/FlyoutOverview.mspx

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
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