Table.ConvertToText method (Word)

Converts a table to text and returns a Range object that represents the delimited text.

Syntax

expression. ConvertToText( _Separator_ , _NestedTables_ )

expression Required. A variable that represents a 'Table' object.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data type Description
Separator Optional Variant The character that delimits the converted columns (paragraph marks delimit the converted rows). Can be any WdTableFieldSeparator constants.
NestedTables Optional Variant True if nested tables are converted to text. This argument is ignored if Separator is not wdSeparateByParagraphs. The default value is True.

Remarks

When you apply the ConvertToText method to a Table object, the object is deleted. To maintain a reference to the converted contents of the table, you must assign the Range object returned by the ConvertToText method to a new object variable. In the following example, the first table in the active document is converted to text and then formatted as a bulleted list.

Dim tableTemp As Table 
Dim rngTemp As Range 
 
Set tableTemp = ActiveDocument.Tables(1) 
Set rngTemp = _ 
 tableTemp.ConvertToText(Separator:=wdSeparateByParagraphs) 
 
rngTemp.ListFormat.ApplyListTemplate _ 
 ListTemplate:=ListGalleries(wdBulletGallery).ListTemplates(1)

Example

This example creates a table and then converts it to text by using tabs as separator characters.

Dim docNew As Document 
Dim tableNew As Table 
Dim intTemp As Integer 
Dim cellLoop As Cell 
Dim rngTemp As Range 
 
Set docNew = Documents.Add 
Set tableNew = docNew.Tables.Add(Range:=Selection.Range, _ 
 NumRows:=3, NumColumns:=3) 
 
intTemp = 1 
 
For Each cellLoop In tableNew.Range.Cells 
 cellLoop.Range.InsertAfter "Cell " & intTemp 
 intTemp = intTemp + 1 
Next cellLoop 
 
MsgBox "Click OK to convert table to text." 
Set rngTemp = _ 
 tableNew.ConvertToText(Separator:=wdSeparateByTabs)

This example converts the table that contains the selection to text, with spaces between the columns.

If Selection.Information(wdWithInTable) = True Then 
 Selection.Tables(1).ConvertToText Separator:=" " 
Else 
 MsgBox "The insertion point is not in a table." 
End If

See also

Table Object

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