I've been given files that have tables that look like this:
| Header 1 | Header 2 |
|---|---|
1 2 3 4 5 | apples oranges pears bananas tomatoes |
Instead of creating a distinct row for each item, the previous designer used line returns in a single row.
Can anyone suggest quick/easy methods to change those line returns to real table rows like this?...
| Header 1 | Header 2 |
|---|---|
1 | apples |
2 | oranges |
3 | pears |
4 | bananas |
5 | tomatoes |
Distinct rows are important because we need to shade some of the cells. The clueless designer drew shaded boxes behind the table to fake this cell shading.
Hmmm.
When I tried to do that I got a bunch of paragraphs with one item up to the last line of the first cell, then a paragraph with two items separated by a tab, and a bunch more single item paragraphs. It didn't look to useful, though I suppose one could replace the tab with another paragraph break, then keep track of the stuff that goes in each column, but that still seems to me like it's going to involve a lot of copy/paste.
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