converting giant tables to running text

[Robert Lauriston]

I inherited this document with a lot of stuff awkwardly formatted as
two-column tables that run on for 20 pages or more.

I want to convert those to running text with the left column as topic
headings and the right column as the following paragraphs.

I was thinking I would cut the table and paste it, convert to
paragraphs, replace the paragraph tags, and paste it back. Anybody
have a slicker way to do it?