Thanks Gerry, I now have the table exactly as I want it.
I tried to convert rows to text, without success, but the merge worked first time. I was using the help, pseudocode, and macros (this is the way I write macros in Excel), but seemed to be hitting a blank wall. Matching the empty field...
Thanks. The document is consistent. Column 2 is empty where there is a theme. It is the autmation aspect I am having problems with. How do I check for no content in columsn 2? How do I convert such rows to text?
In reply to #1 I have already stated ' I am open to ideas, but feel that a table would best serve.'
Your assumptions are correct, as stated in the original post, the author is in the first column
Prior, Robin &
Wilson, Trevor
Theme occurs in the same column, followed by an empty cell.
If...
Thanks for your reply, I hope this makes things clearer. I am open to ideas, but feel that a table would best serve.
This is roughly what I have:
Command,
Control and
Communications
Harris, J.P. Amiens to the Armistice. The BEF in the with N. Barr Hundred Days Campaign 8...
I have a long Word 2000 table (21 pages) consisting of two columns (author and title). Sometimes there is a break for theme, which is listed in the first column. Where a theme occurs, I would like to merge the two columns. So from the example below, I would like to merge the first line only...
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