First, does the person who wants you to eliminate tables realize that you can have borderless tables?
What is the reason for eliminating them?

• 4. Use Tables and Tabs to Arrange Text in Microsoft Word
• Tables

To proceed, you are going to want to look at styles, because you will want to use them to consistently format text.

• The Importance of Styles in Microsoft Word

You can get a temporary right wrap point for your text with a right-indent in the paragraph formatting, preferably in the paragraph style.

• Indents