I've been doing that a lot recently - I have tables of terms that I need to de-table to put into sorted list.
I simply select all the cells I want, and paste them into a text editor. My usual choice is TextPad, though it may also work with NotePad. The cells turn into text with tabs between cells. Rick. On Dec 1, 2010, at 11:21 AM, Linda G. Gallagher wrote: > All, > > FM 8, unstructured > > I have a couple of tables with content that I've formatted just the way I > want, but I need to take the content out of the tables. > > Am I missing it, or does FM not have a convert table to text option? > > I tried running it through Word to convert, but I lose a lot of formatting > that I'd rather not have to redo. > > Can I convert a table to text in FM? > > Thanks! > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Linda G. Gallagher > STC Fellow > TechCom Plus, LLC > lindag at techcomplus dot com > www.techcomplus.com <http://www.techcomplus.com/> > 303-450-9076 or 800-500-3144 > Tutorials, "show me" demos, user guides, help, FrameMaker and WebWorks > ePublisher templates > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > RMIMA Secretary > www.RMIMA.org <http://www.rmima.org/> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as r...@cryptosmith.com. > > Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/rick%40cryptosmith.com > > Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.