{"id":1470,"date":"2017-07-14T21:10:35","date_gmt":"2017-07-14T21:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-compapp\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=1470"},"modified":"2022-07-25T19:28:16","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T19:28:16","slug":"converting-text-to-a-table","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-compapp\/chapter\/converting-text-to-a-table\/","title":{"raw":"Converting Text to a Table","rendered":"Converting Text to a Table"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\r\n<h3>Learning Objectives<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Convert existing text into a table.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\nLet's say you already have some data, but it's not in a table yet. Is there an easy way to put the data in a table without having to type everything again? Yes, there is! Let's look at the example below.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-241 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1588\/2017\/04\/24062920\/cropped0022.png\" alt=\"A Microsoft Word document is open with 5 lines of text visible.\" width=\"800\" height=\"560\" \/>\r\n\r\nHere, information is separated by tabs. Select\u00a0the information, then go to the Table menu and choose Convert Text to Table to turn this data into a table.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1844\/2017\/04\/23181903\/table_select.png\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-880 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1844\/2017\/04\/23181903\/table_select.png\" alt=\"A Microsoft Word document is open with 5 lines of text visible. All five lines have been highlighted in gray showing they have been selected.\" width=\"800\" height=\"560\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-242 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1588\/2017\/04\/24062940\/cropped0031.png\" alt=\"A Microsoft Word document is open with 5 lines of text visible. All five lines have been highlighted in gray showing they have been selected. A new dropdown menu is coming down from the table tab allowing to select the height and width of the new table that is being created.\" width=\"800\" height=\"560\" \/>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-170 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1588\/2017\/04\/17191535\/Screen-Shot-2017-04-17-at-12.14.23-PM.png\" alt=\"A convert text to table dialog box is open.\" width=\"248\" height=\"310\" \/>\r\n\r\nNotice that you can use other things to separate your text and still get a clean table, such as paragraphs (the Enter key) or commas. You can also enter your own character in the Other box.\r\n\r\nWhen you've finished choosing settings, hit OK to convert the text to a table.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-243 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1588\/2017\/04\/24063000\/cropped0041.png\" alt=\"A Microsoft Word document is open with a table on it. The table has five different rows and two individual columns.\" width=\"800\" height=\"560\" \/>\r\n<div class=\"textbox key-takeaways\">\r\n<h3>Practice Question<\/h3>\r\nhttps:\/\/assess.lumenlearning.com\/practice\/2a17b938-f006-4e98-ab4a-f548376c19c4\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n&nbsp;","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\n<h3>Learning Objectives<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Convert existing text into a table.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Let&#8217;s say you already have some data, but it&#8217;s not in a table yet. Is there an easy way to put the data in a table without having to type everything again? Yes, there is! Let&#8217;s look at the example below.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-241 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1588\/2017\/04\/24062920\/cropped0022.png\" alt=\"A Microsoft Word document is open with 5 lines of text visible.\" width=\"800\" height=\"560\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here, information is separated by tabs. Select\u00a0the information, then go to the Table menu and choose Convert Text to Table to turn this data into a table.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1844\/2017\/04\/23181903\/table_select.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-880 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1844\/2017\/04\/23181903\/table_select.png\" alt=\"A Microsoft Word document is open with 5 lines of text visible. All five lines have been highlighted in gray showing they have been selected.\" width=\"800\" height=\"560\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-242 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1588\/2017\/04\/24062940\/cropped0031.png\" alt=\"A Microsoft Word document is open with 5 lines of text visible. All five lines have been highlighted in gray showing they have been selected. A new dropdown menu is coming down from the table tab allowing to select the height and width of the new table that is being created.\" width=\"800\" height=\"560\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-170 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1588\/2017\/04\/17191535\/Screen-Shot-2017-04-17-at-12.14.23-PM.png\" alt=\"A convert text to table dialog box is open.\" width=\"248\" height=\"310\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Notice that you can use other things to separate your text and still get a clean table, such as paragraphs (the Enter key) or commas. You can also enter your own character in the Other box.<\/p>\n<p>When you&#8217;ve finished choosing settings, hit OK to convert the text to a table.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-243 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1588\/2017\/04\/24063000\/cropped0041.png\" alt=\"A Microsoft Word document is open with a table on it. The table has five different rows and two individual columns.\" width=\"800\" height=\"560\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox key-takeaways\">\n<h3>Practice Question<\/h3>\n<p>\t<iframe id=\"assessment_practice_2a17b938-f006-4e98-ab4a-f548376c19c4\" class=\"resizable\" src=\"https:\/\/assess.lumenlearning.com\/practice\/2a17b938-f006-4e98-ab4a-f548376c19c4?iframe_resize_id=assessment_practice_id_2a17b938-f006-4e98-ab4a-f548376c19c4\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;width:100%;height:100%;min-height:300px;\"><br \/>\n\t<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-1470\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Converting Text to a Table. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/about\/pdm\">Public Domain: No Known Copyright<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":20,"menu_order":4,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"original\",\"description\":\"Converting Text to a Table\",\"author\":\"\",\"organization\":\"\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"pd\",\"license_terms\":\"\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"7509131c-18f5-49d5-970e-a946e755692c, 86a53d2d-ecfb-47b4-9f0a-7784f93aa874","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-1470","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":773,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-compapp\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-compapp\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-compapp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-compapp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-compapp\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2892,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-compapp\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1470\/revisions\/2892"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-compapp\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/773"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-compapp\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1470\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-compapp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-compapp\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=1470"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-compapp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=1470"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-compapp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=1470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}