converting giant tables to running text

[Stuart Rogers]

On 04/01/2013 1:38 PM, Robert Lauriston wrote:
> 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?
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I'm not sure why you would do all that cutting and pasting.

You can select the left column and apply your heading pgf tag to all the 
cells; select the right column and apply the body pgf tag to all the 
cells.  Then select the table and Table > Convert to Text, Row by Row.

HTH,

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