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you could try to create some macros in Word to find these tables and convert
them to paragraphs, but I doubt whether you can do this "with a minimum of
fuss" in Word.
I do have an automated process for this in Adobe FrameMaker. If you wish,
you can always send me a couple of these Word files. I'll give it a whirl
and save your files back as Word again.
On 9/12/07, Suzanne Chiles <suzchiles -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
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> Hello,
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> I have inherited a number of documents that have been created using the
> Information Mapping tool FS Pro, that automatically creates tables for
> every
> bit of content.
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> For reasons that have nothing at all do to with the principles of
> Information Mapping, I need to convert the content of these documents to
> regular Word documents, hopefully with a minimum of fuss.
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> If anyone has any insights into a process that might work for this
> purpose,
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> Thanks,
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> Suzanne
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