Delete columns in a Word document

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Raymond PENTIER Posted messages 58546 Registration date   Status Contributeur Last intervention   -
Hello,

I often copy a document from the internet to a Word file, and I end up with the copied document

framed; I can't get rid of the columns without deleting the entire document.

How can I remove the columns to space out the document without losing the entire document?

Thank you for your cooperation.
Configuration: Windows XP Internet Explorer 7.0

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JASS
 
Hello,

With WORD 03, you select your column and ask to convert the column to Txt, but I'm not sure if you will keep the formatting of your text.
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Raymond PENTIER Posted messages 58546 Registration date   Status Contributeur Last intervention   17 474
 
Try this: select all the text and in the Table tools choose "Convert table to text".
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Claralaura Posted messages 675 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   82
 
I use a bit of a hacky method!

With OpenOffice,

when my text is pasted into OpenOffice (with all the borders), I (re)cut only the text from OpenOffice, leaving me with just the borders, which I then delete.

Then I (re)paste the text I had saved in the clipboard

It's not ideal, but it works.
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ac 3 Posted messages 2289 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   841
 
You open a new document and you only copy the text in each box that you paste into your new document.

You can do this directly from the browser by only copying the text parts, so in several times.
If you select the whole page, you also select the boxes.

Have a nice day.
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samuel abittan Posted messages 1 Status Membre
 
Thank you very much, I will give it a try.
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