[bksvol-discuss] Re: Converting Tables

  • From: "Mayrie ReNae" <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2011 06:42:06 -0700

Hi Sue,
 
Well,  here's what I did and it seemed to work, though I didn't actually try
to change a table to text.
 
Place your cursor somewhere in the table, anywhere inside the table is fine.
Press alt plus a to open the tables menu.
Press the letter v to get to the "convert" sub menu.
Tabbing here will give you options, the first is "convert to table", the
second is "convert to text". 
Hit enter on " convert to text."
Now you should be sitting on a radio button that says "tabs". If you down
arrow here, you'll see a radio button labeled "commas". If you tab from that
button to "ok" and hit enter, your table should be now in a text format with
the columns in the table now separated by a comma and a space.
 
We didn't choose "tabs" as Bookshare's conversion tools remove all tabs, and
the text would have become run together if we chose that option. 
 
I think that's how the tables dialogue works anyway.
 
If that doesn't work, ask again!
 
Mayrie
 
 

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From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sue Stevens
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 10:49 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Converting Tables


Hi folks,
 
The book I am proofing has some tables, and it is almost impossible to read
the text, although the text is there.  Is there a way to get rid of the
table symbols so that the text will be easily read?
 
I am working in MSWord 2010 with Jaws 12.
 
Thanks,
Sue S.
 

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