Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated October 12, 2024)
This tip applies to Word 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021, and Word in Microsoft 365
When Peg has a table with the text wrapping set for Around, and then she converts the table to text, that text ends up being in a frame. She doesn't want it in a frame; she just wants it as plain, in-line with text. Peg wonders if there is a setting to prevent the converted table from ending up in a frame.
There is no setting that controls this behavior. Word does it because it doesn't know where to put the table text relative to the regular document text, so it places it in a frame. The only way around this manually is to change the text wrapping so that the table is inline, and then do the conversion to text. You could automate this a bit by using a simple macro:
Sub ConvertTable1() If Selection.Information(wdWithInTable) Then Selection.Tables(1).Rows.WrapAroundText = False Selection.Rows.ConvertToText Separator:=wdSeparateByTabs, _ NestedTables:= True Else MsgBox "Insertion point must be in a table." End If End Sub
Of course, if you choose to go the "macro route," you could use the macro to convert the table to text (which would place it in a frame) and then delete the frame. Here's the way to do that:
Sub ConvertTable2() If Selection.Information(wdWithInTable) Then Selection.Rows.ConvertToText Separator:=wdSeparateByTabs, _ NestedTables:= True ActiveDocument.Frames.Delete Else MsgBox "Insertion point must be in a table." End If End Sub
Either macro produces the same result. All you need to do is make sure the insertion point is within the table and then run the macro.
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