Import from Word with long tables

[robert_sfl]

Evidently RH cannot break up tables. If a heading level (e.g., heading 4) is always contained in table cells, then it cannot be selected to create new topics during the import.

Do you have any recommendation for this other than change the original word document and manually cut the tables at the required spots?

[Guest]

Is the heading 4 tag only in the cells where you want the table to break? Is only the one cell populated in each of those rows?

Brian

[Guest]

If your table is similar to this:
Columns 3-x
Row 1, cell1 header text
Row 2, all columns with data
Row 3 etc as row 2
Row 12 (example) 2nd header text
and so on, the following macro will find each header, select the row, convert tabe to text, re-apply the heading level.

You can specify the heading level you want.

Sub SplitTable()
Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
Selection.Find.Style = ActiveDocument.Styles("Heading 4")
With Selection.Find
Do While Selection.Find.Execute
Selection.SelectRow
Selection.Rows.ConvertToText Separator:=wdSeparateByTabs, NestedTables:=True
'Change the heading level here to what you require
Selection.Style = ActiveDocument.Styles("Heading 4")
Loop
End With
End Sub

Place the macro in your template .dot file.
Open the document and run the macro.

Hope this helps,

Brian

PS. If you are not sure about installing the macro, see this article.

[Guest]

Thanks for your help and please excuse the late reply. I had to suscribe with a new login now because my old account somehow vanished..