Splitting a Table by Column

[Theresa]

I am working in tables and need to split a table that is 5
columns and 4 rows by columns so that I have 2 adjacent
tables - the left one 3 columns and the right one 2
columns. I could not find splitting a table by column in
the Help Menu, only splitting a table by row was in the
Help Menu. I highlighted the 4th column and went into the
Insert Menu and chose Break, then Column break. That did
not work. Any suggestions out there? Thanks so much.

 

[Klaus Linke]

I am working in tables and need to split a table
that is 5 columns and 4 rows by columns so that
I have 2 adjacent tables - the left one 3 columns
and the right one 2 columns. I could not find
splitting a table by column in the Help Menu, only
splitting a table by row was in the Help Menu.
I highlighted the 4th column and went into the
Insert Menu and chose Break, then Column break.
That did not work. Any suggestions out there?
Thanks so much.

Hi Theresa,

You can select the columns, cut them to the clipboard (Ctrl+X) and insert
them somewhere else.
If you then hover with the mouse over the top left corner of the second
table, you can drag it alongside the first table.

Greetings,
Klaus

 

[Jezebel]

Duplicate the table. Delete columns 4 and 5 from copy one, columns 1,2,3
from copy two.

To get the tables adjacent you could --

1) Put them in frames, or

2) Insert continuous section breaks, above the first and after the second
table; then format the section as two-column, and insert a column break
after table 1.

 

[Jay Freedman]

Hi, Theresa,

You can't really "split" the table by columns in one step, but you can do it
this way:

Drag the cursor across the tops of the two rightmost columns to select those
columns. Cut to the clipboard (Ctrl+X). Move the cursor to somewhere else,
at least one paragraph away from the original table, and paste (Ctrl+V),
which will make a separate table containing the two columns.