Hi,
I have scoured the Internet and can't find an answer to my problem. I need to convert some tables to text and then have them revert to their original format (when instructed). I'm having trouble with the second part. It's easy enough to highlight a table and convert it to text. Trouble is, my tables either a)have split and merged cells, thus allowing headers and subheaders, or b)have text in cells that uses carriage returns.



In the case of the former, if I highlight the text and tell Word to convert it to a table, it is deeply confused about the number of columns to include. Presumably because in row 1 the answer is 1 and in row 2 the answer is 4. In the case of the latter, it treats every carriage return as an instruction to start a new row. I just want text in a box, in two columns (and no, separating the page into columns was not a good option; this was the only one that worked for what I need to do).

Is it possible to fix this somehow? I lack a significant amount of technical jargon, so answers that treat me like a child lacking vocabulary would be especially helpful. Thanks much!