Let me follow up on what I just posted...I did come up with a workaround for what I want to do. I figured out how to find & replace the dashes with tabs. So, I replace the ( - ) instances with tabs. I then use tabs to separate the text. But if I can get a dash in that Other box, it would save me a few steps. Not that the find & replace steps are a big pain, but every step saved is time saved.

Out of interest, why do you want a dash to separate the text in a two column table?
I would have thought the 2nd column showing the dates was itself the separator.

I'm not exactly sure how to answer your question. Basically, I'm plugging the columns into Excel worksheets. I tried to convert the text to tables, but without something separating the text, it doesn't work for me. Using the dashes that are already there would seem to make things easier for me, but because the Other box is disabled (or seems to be), I have to convert the dashes to tabs to get my results.


I hope that answered the question, although I'm still not sure it does.