text to table...I want 150 rows/6 co0lumns/row

[hamiltoncruiser]

MS Word 2003

I have about 150 groups that I would like to put into a table

The data is like this:

WOODSTOCK & DISTRICT BIG BROTHERS ASSOC. INC.
378 Hunter St
Woodstock, ON N4S 4G2
(519) 539-7469
(e-mail address removed)
www.bigbrotherswoodstock.ca

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF YORK
PO Box 126, 145 Main St. S
Newmarket, ON L3Y 3Y9
(905) 895-0289
(e-mail address removed)
www.bbbsy.ca

There are tabs at the end of each and every line.
(or if I paste the data unformatted, there are returns at the end of
each and every line.)

I would like 1 row and 6 columns per group.
Is there an easy way to do this?

....Lisa

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Yes, this can be done. If there is a paragraph break at the end of every
line, then I would guess there are probably two paragraph breaks between
blocks (we'll hope so, as that makes it easier).

Start by replacing the paragraph breaks with tabs (replace ^p with ^t). Then
replace ^t^t (two tabs) with a paragraph break. That will give you each
address block in a paragraph by itself. (Note that if you start with the
version that has a tab at the end of every line, you may be able to skip
this step.)

Now select the text and use Table | Convert | Text to Table, separating at
tabs, and you're done.