
CONVET TEXT TO TABLE WORD UPDATE
Select the preferred thumbnail to update the table. Click in the table, and then mouse over the gallery thumbnails in the Table Styles group to display a live preview of your table in that style. To change the style, click the “Design” tab. For example, to adjust the text alignment, click the “Layout” tab, mouse over a preferred icon in the Alignment group to view a description (such as “Align Bottom Center”) and then select that icon to update your table. The Table Tools’ Design tab is different from the regular ribbon’s Design tab.Įdit your table by clicking inside the table and then selecting the “Design” or Layout” tab on the Table Tools ribbon. The Table Tools ribbon will display with the Design and Layout tabs. For example, if your document displays arrow marks to separate the columns, select the “Tabs” radio button.Ĭlick “OK” to convert the columns to a table. Navigate to Insert tab and click on the Table icon. Step 1: Select the chunk of text that you want to encapsulate within a table. Select the separator character in the Separate Text At section. Follow the steps to convert such columnar data to tabular data. For example, click the up arrow to display 1.4" in the field, and insert a space of 1.4 inches between the columns. Select the preferred column width options for the AutoFit Behavior section: “Fixed column width,” “AutoFit to contents” or “AutoFit to Window.” The Fixed Column Width option includes “Auto,” or increments in tenths of an inch.

If the incorrect number displays, click the arrow button to increase or decrease the number of columns. The correct number will display by default. Select the number of columns in the Table Size section. Set all the entries as a block and click Insert > Table > Convert Text to Table. Similar functionality exists in previous versions of Word too. Click the “Insert” tab on the ribbon, click “Table” in the Tables group and then select “Convert Text to Table” to bring up the dialog box. Type in words, pressing TAB after each word. Select the table Go to the Tables Tools / Layout tab on the ribbon Press Convert to Text. Press “Enter” to insert the ¶ mark at the end of the row to move the cursor to the start of a new table row.Ĭlick and drag to select all of the text for your table.

For example, press “Tab” to insert the arrow mark between columns of text. Insert tabs or commas to separate the text into columns.
