Convert tables into text

Is it possible to convert tables into text (easy way and no changes)?
Thanks!

After copy & paste use DW's Find & Replace feature (Ctrl+F)
Find in: Current document
Search: Specific Tag table
Action: Strip tag.
Repeat for tr, th, td, tbody, etc...
Nancy O.

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How do I convert a table into text

How do I convert a table into text

James,
I can only speak to the OSX version of iWork, and I'm not sure which version you are working with. The easiest approach is to Copy the Table in Numbers and Paste into Pages.
If your table has only 1 column, you may as while Paste and Match Style into Pages and you will go straight to text. With multiple columns, if you want to preserve the layout, as most users would, using tabs to maintain the column alignment, Select the table in Pages and Format > Table > Convert Table to Text.
As sometimes happens, things are easier in TextEdit than in Pages. A Paste and Match Style in TextEdit gives you a tab-aligned text field directly.
Regards,
Jerry

I purchased PDF Converter Plus, v1.0 (4 ). I am unable to convert PDF into text. I get all gibberish when I try to do the conversion.

I purchased PDF Converter Plus, v1.0 (4 ). I am unable to convert PDF into text. I get all gibberish when I try to do the conversion.

I went to the site and did exactly as the 'support' said. I tried three PDF documents for conversion to Word. On clicking 'convert', the last window gives the file with .doc suffix. After I save and open it the window says, "The XML file cannot be opened because there are problems with the contents." Under "Details", it says, "Incorrect document syntax".
Please guide me further.
Thanks

How convert table to text in Numbers 3.5.

Is it possible to convert a table to text in Numbers 3.5. If so, how? No mention of this feature in the Aid.

select the cells of the table, copy
create a new text item by inserting from the tool bar:
double click the text item so you see the "I" beam cursor, paste
Will look like this after paste:
you can also paste directly into an email or a text document (maybe a new Text Edit document)

Problem with pasting table into text file as text. 09 is different from 08?

Okay, here's what I'm doing. I've got a table in Numbers which I want to make into a table on a web page. Here's what used to work with Numbers '08 and OS 10.5:
Select cells. Copy.
Open TextEdit.
Paste and Match Style.
Make Plain Text
Save As (filename)
Open PageSpinner
Go to Table Assistant and Insert File (filename)
Now I have a new computer, running 10.6 and Numbers '09. And when I insert the file as a table into PageSpinner, I've got a special character littered throughout. Specifically, line breaks seem to be replaced with delete characters (the right-pointing pentagon with an x in it).
So what has changed, and how can I cope?
--Dave

Hi Dave,
You can try reporting your own post and asking the moderator to delete it for you. Click the link in the lower right corner.
Jerry

Convert Table into string, No FM is working good for this

Hi all,
i want to convert a table into string, but while convert, i found out that the string has special lenght , and i am getting only some rows of the table wihle converting, even if i am using concatinate, i got the same problem,
please let me know if there is a way to convert all the table into string and not a littel bit of it.
BR

I remember that you were facing the problem with the below function module
types:begin of ty_string,
      field1 type char1024,
      end of ty_string.
data:it type table of ty_string.
data:wa type ty_string.
data:out type string,
line type string,
rest type string.
do 100 times.
do 1024 times.
    concatenate 'A' wa-field1 into wa-field1.
enddo.
append wa to it.
enddo.
call function 'CONVERT_TABLE_TO_STRING'
exporting
    i_tabline_length = '1024'
importing
    e_string         = out
tables
    it_table         = it.
For me the variable out holds 102400 characters.

How to Convert an internal table into Text File

Hello friends,
Can you help me to find out the way to convert an internal table data into a flat file.
the problem is that my internal table contains fields with data type INT also.

please go through the code and the parameter passed to the finction module ... since you didn't show your coding i am giving you the sample code also ..
REPORT y_ss_test_ekko .
* To hold selection data
DATA: i_ekko TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF ekko.
* To hold converted text data
DATA: i_text(4096) TYPE c OCCURS 0.
* Selection Screen
PARAMETERS: p_ebeln LIKE ekko-ebeln.
* Select data into an ITAB based on the selection Criteria
SELECT * FROM ekko
 INTO TABLE i_ekko
 WHERE ebeln = p_ebeln.
* Process further only if found some data
IF NOT i_ekko[] IS INITIAL.
* Convert data in internal table to a delimited text data
CALL FUNCTION 'SAP_CONVERT_TO_TEX_FORMAT'
 EXPORTING
 i_field_seperator = '|'
 TABLES
 i_tab_sap_data = i_ekko
 CHANGING
 i_tab_converted_data = i_text
 EXCEPTIONS
 conversion_failed = 1
 OTHERS = 2.
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
 WRITE: / 'Program failed to Convert data.'.
ELSE.
* Download convert data to Presentation Server
 CALL FUNCTION 'DOWNLOAD'
 TABLES
 data_tab = i_text
 EXCEPTIONS
 OTHERS = 8.
 IF sy-subrc <> 0.
 WRITE: / 'Program failed to download data.'.
 ENDIF.
ENDIF.
ENDIF.
reward points if it is usefull ....
Girish

I have pdf of a document. can i convert it into text in Pages?

any advice gratefully received!
paul

In template.css, you need to remove your textshadow from #navigation. 
http://www.hugsnkisses.net/templates/allrounder_v1.2/css/template.css line 136, it says: 
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height: 40px;
height:auto;
margin:auto;
background-color: #fff;
color: #ccc;
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that won't do anything unless you also remove it from index.php line 150. 
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Importing word tables into ID

I need to import a table from word to ID. The cols run several pages each in Word. How do I import the table so that cols break neatly within the frames?
I've tried "help" but I couldn't make it work. I just need to know how to make the table flow.
Thanks

Unfortunately, table cells won't break across pages or frames in InDesign. When I had a project like this, I did a lot of prep work in Word using Convert Table to Text, and then messing around with the text formatting so I could import the content into InDesign. Instead of one text frame with a table with three columns, I'd have three separate text frames with "faked tables" made of paragraph rules and anchored "gridlines."
Sorry, you're in for a bit of a manual slog on this one.

Importing word 2004 docs with tables into Pages

I work in video production, and my clients send me shooting scrips as word documents formatted with tables. Needless to say, I was quick to discover that Pages doesn't really 'like' these documents. I can't keep asking my clients to reformat their docs as txt files for me - it's very unprofessional.
What I've found is that all the text is there, but the tables don't 'translate' (one cell tries to fit on a whole page and the text gets 'lost' at the bottom). Is there a quick and easy way to remove the tables in Pages but keep the text?
In Word, it's Alt+A, V, B, 0 (I've been formatting and reformatting scripts for 8 years!).
Thanks for your help. I REALLY don't want to have to get Office - I've read so many horror stories about 2008 (especially the excel part).

sknygrydg07 wrote:
Is there a quick and easy way to remove the tables in Pages but keep the text?
In Word, it's Alt+A, V, B, 0 (I've been formatting and reformatting scripts for 8 years!).
Hello,
Have you tried: Select table, then from the Pages Menu; Format > Table > Convert Table to Text?
It might be of some value in this situation.
Jerry

Images in PDF file being converted into Word elements (e.g. tables and text boxes)

A friend of mine has recently signed up to ExportPDF so that he can convert PDF format wiring diagrams into Word format. On trying this the other day, we found that the wiring diagrams in the PDF file were being converted into elements of Word such as tables and text boxes.
Is there any way to get the diagrams converted into pictures within the Word document so that they can be copied and pasted into other documents? From looking at the limited settings panel to the right of the document in Reader I can't see it.

Perhaps an application dedicated to converting PDF's to Word documents may get better results.
Here's a free online converter I use with occasional success: http://www.pdftoword.com/

Converting a table back into text used to be easy in pages, not any more. Any suggestions?

Used to be able to convert a table that came from a windows document into text only. Now I cannot find where to do this within the new pages. Have they dropped this useful tool or do I need to look further?

Gone. Unfortunately.
Best bet is to stay with Pages '09, and send feedback to Apple.

How to copy paste a table structure from word document into Text Field [field format Rich Text]

In our current implementation we have a Blank page with Text Field [field format Rich Text] on generated PDF Document.
Once the PDF document is generated, user can copy paste content form any word/rtf document to into the Text Field.
Pasted content retains all text formatting [Bold, Italic, Underline, Indentation] except the Table format. Text Field is removing table metadata from the content and converting it into plant text.
Is there anyway to copy paste table structure as it is from word document into Text Field?

Hi,
I don't think you can! While you can paste formatted text into the rich text field, the table metadata means nothing to the textfield.
Niall

Exporting table data into text files

I got a request to export the data from about 85 tables into 85 text files. I assume that they will want a header row and some delimiter character. This is a process that must run every night by a sql job.
Obviously I want it to be flexible. Tables could be addede and removed and columns could be added and removed. There will probably be a control table that has the list of tables to export.
Looked at bcp - but seems that it is command line only?
SSIS package?
What other options are there?

Wanted to post my solution. Ended up using bcp in a PowerShell Script. I was unable to use bcp in SQL because it requires xp_cmdshell and that is not allowed at many of our client sites. So wrote a Powershell script that executes bcp. The ps script
loops through a table that contains a row for each table/view to export along with many values and switches for the table/view export: export path, include column headers, enclose each field in double quotes, double up embedded double quotes, how to format
dates, what to return for NULL integers - basically the stuff that is not flexible in bcp. To get this flexibility I created a SQL proc that takes these values as input and creates a view. Then the PS bcp does a SELECT on the view. Many of my tables are
very wide and bcp has a limit of 4000/8000. Some of my SELECT statements ended up being GT 35k in length. So using a view got around this size limitation.
Anyway, the view creation and bcp download is really fast. It can download about 4 gb of data in 20 minutes. It can download it faster the 7z can zip it.
Below is the SQL proc to format the SELECT statement to create the view for bcp (or some other utility like SQLCMD, Invoke-SQLCMD) or SQL query by "SELECT * from v_ExportData". the proc can be used from SQL or PS, or anything that can call a SQL
Proc and then read a SQL view.
IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.objects WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID(N'[dbo].[ExportTablesCreateView]') AND type in (N'P', N'PC'))
DROP PROCEDURE [dbo].[ExportTablesCreateView]
GO
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[ExportTablesCreateView]
ExportTablesCreateView
Description:
Read in a tablename or viewname with parameters and create a view v_ExportTable of the
data. The view will typically be read by bcp to download SQL table data to flat files.
bcp does not have the options to include column headers, include fields in double quotes,
format dates or use '0' for integer NULLS. Also, bcp has a limit of varhar 4000 and
wider tables could not be directly called by bcp. So create the v_ExportTable and have
bcp SELECT v_ExportTable instead of the original table or view.
Parameters:
@pTableName VARCHAR(128) - table or view to create v_ExportTable from
@pColumnHeader INT =1 - include column headers in the first row
@pDoubleQuoteFields INT = 1 - put double quotes " around all column values including column headers
@pDouble_EmbeddedDoubleQuotes INT = 1 - This is usually used with @pDoubleQuoteFields INT = 1. 'ab"c"d would be 'ab""c""d.
@pNumNULLValue VARCHAR(1) = '0' - NULL number data types will export this value instead of bcp default of ''
@pDateTimeFormat INT = 121 - DateTime data types will use this format value
Example:
EXEC ExportTablesCreateView 'custname', 1, 1, 1, '0', 121
@pTableName VARCHAR(128),
@pColumnHeader INT = 1,
@pDoubleQuoteFields INT = 1,
@pDouble_EmbeddedDoubleQuotes INT = 1,
@pNumNULLValue VARCHAR(1) = '0',
@pDateTimeFormat INT = 121
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @columnname varchar(128)
DECLARE @columnsize int
DECLARE @data_type varchar(128)
DECLARE @HeaderRow nvarchar(max)
DECLARE @ColumnSelect nvarchar(max)
DECLARE @SQLSelect nvarchar(max)
DECLARE @SQLCommand nvarchar(max)
DECLARE @ReturnCode INT
DECLARE @Note VARCHAR(500)
DECLARE db_cursor CURSOR FOR
SELECT COLUMN_NAME, ISNULL(Character_maximum_length,0), Data_type
FROM [INFORMATION_SCHEMA].[COLUMNS]
WHERE TABLE_NAME = @pTableName AND TABLE_SCHEMA='dbo'
OPEN db_cursor
FETCH NEXT FROM db_cursor INTO @ColumnName, @ColumnSize, @Data_type
SET @HeaderRow = ''
SET @ColumnSelect = ''
-- Loop through each of the @pTableColumns to build the SELECT Statement
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
BEGIN TRY
-- Put double quotes around each field - example "MARIA","SHARAPOVA"
IF @pDoubleQuoteFields = 1
BEGIN
-- Include column headers in the first row - example "FirstName","LastName"
IF @pColumnHeader = 1
SET @HeaderRow = @HeaderRow + '''"' + @ColumnName + '"'' as ''' + @columnname + ''','
-- Unsupported Export data type returns "" - example "",
IF @Data_Type in ('image', 'varbinary', 'binary', 'timestamp', 'cursor', 'hierarchyid', 'sql_variant', 'xml', 'table', 'spatial Types')
SET @ColumnSelect = @ColumnSelect + '''""'' as [' + @ColumnName + '],'
-- Format DateTime data types according to input parameter
ELSE IF @Data_Type in ('datetime', 'smalldatetime', 'datetime2', 'date', 'datetimeoffset')
-- example - CASE when [aaa] IS NULL THEN '""' ELSE QUOTENAME(CONVERT(VARCHAR,[aaa], 121), CHAR(34)) END AS [aaa],
SET @ColumnSelect = @ColumnSelect + 'CASE WHEN [' + @columnname + '] IS NULL THEN ''""'' ELSE QUOTENAME(CONVERT(VARCHAR,[' + @columnname + '],' + CONVERT(VARCHAR,@pDateTimeFormat) + '), CHAR(34)) END AS [' + @ColumnName + '],'
-- SET Numeric data types with NULL value according to input parameter
ELSE IF @Data_Type in ('bigint', 'numeric', 'bit', 'smallint', 'decimal', 'smallmoney', 'int', 'tinyint', 'money', 'float', 'real')
-- example - CASE when [aaa] IS NULL THEN '"0"' ELSE QUOTENAME([aaa], CHAR(34)) END AS [aaa],
SET @ColumnSelect = @ColumnSelect + 'CASE WHEN [' + @columnname + '] IS NULL THEN ''"' + @pNumNULLValue + '"'' ELSE QUOTENAME([' + @columnname + '], CHAR(34)) END AS [' + @ColumnName + '],'
ELSE
-- Double embedded double quotes - example "abc"d"ed" to "abc""d""ed". Only applicible for character data types.
IF @pDouble_EmbeddedDoubleQuotes = 1
BEGIN
-- example - CASE when [aaa] IS NULL THEN '""' ELSE '"' + REPLACE([aaa],'"','""') + '"' END AS [aaa],
SET @ColumnSelect = @ColumnSelect + 'CASE WHEN [' + @ColumnName + '] IS NULL THEN ''""'' ELSE ''"'' + REPLACE([' + @ColumnName + '],''"'',''""'') + ''"'' END AS [' + @ColumnName + '],'
END
-- DO NOT PUT Double embedded double quotes - example "abc"d"ed" unchanged to "abc"d"ed"
ELSE
BEGIN
-- example - CASE when [aaa] IS NULL THEN '""' ELSE '"' + [aaa] + '"' END AS [aaa],
SET @ColumnSelect = @ColumnSelect + 'CASE WHEN [' + @ColumnName + '] IS NULL THEN ''""'' ELSE ''"'' + [' + @ColumnName + '] + ''"'' END AS [' + @ColumnName + '],'
END
END
-- DO NOT PUT double quotes around each field - example MARIA,SHARAPOVA
ELSE
BEGIN
-- Include column headers in the first row - example "FirstName","LastName"
IF @pColumnHeader = 1
SET @HeaderRow = @HeaderRow + '''' + @ColumnName + ''' as ''' + @columnname + ''','
-- Unsupported Export data type returns '' - example '',
IF @Data_Type in ('image', 'varbinary', 'binary', 'timestamp', 'cursor', 'hierarchyid', 'sql_variant', 'xml', 'table', 'spatial Types')
SET @ColumnSelect = @ColumnSelect + ''''' as [' + @ColumnName + '],'
-- Format DateTime data types according to input parameter
ELSE IF @Data_Type in ('datetime', 'smalldatetime', 'datetime2','date', 'datetimeoffset')
-- example - CASE when [aaa] IS NULL THEN '''' ELSE CONVERT(VARCHAR,[aaa], 121) END AS [aaa],
SET @ColumnSelect = @ColumnSelect + 'CASE WHEN [' + @columnname + '] IS NULL THEN '''' ELSE CONVERT(VARCHAR,[' + @columnname + '],' + CONVERT(VARCHAR,@pDateTimeFormat) + ') END AS [' + @ColumnName + '],'
-- SET Numeric data types with NULL value according to input parameter
ELSE IF @Data_Type in ('bigint', 'numeric', 'bit', 'smallint', 'decimal', 'smallmoney', 'int', 'tinyint', 'money', 'float', 'real')
-- example - CASE when [aaa] IS NULL THEN '"0"' ELSE CONVERT(VARCHAR, [aaa]) END AS [aaa],
SET @ColumnSelect = @ColumnSelect + 'CASE WHEN [' + @columnname + '] IS NULL THEN ''' + @pNumNULLValue + ''' ELSE CONVERT(VARCHAR,[' + @columnname + ']) END AS [' + @ColumnName + '],'
ELSE
BEGIN
-- Double embedded double quotes - example "abc"d"ed" to "abc""d""ed". Only applicible for character data types.
IF @pDouble_EmbeddedDoubleQuotes = 1
-- example - CASE when [aaa] IS NULL THEN '' ELSE CONVERT(VARCHAR,REPLACE([aaa],'"','""')) END AS [aaa],
SET @ColumnSelect = @ColumnSelect + 'CASE WHEN [' + @columnname + '] IS NULL THEN '''' ELSE CONVERT(VARCHAR,REPLACE([' + @columnname + '],''"'',''""'')) END AS [' + @ColumnName + '],'
ELSE
-- example - CASE when [aaa] IS NULL THEN '' ELSE CONVERT(VARCHAR,[aaa]) END AS [aaa],
SET @ColumnSelect = @ColumnSelect + 'CASE WHEN [' + @columnname + '] IS NULL THEN '''' ELSE CONVERT(VARCHAR,[' + @columnname + ']) END AS [' + @ColumnName + '],'
END
END
FETCH NEXT FROM db_cursor INTO @ColumnName, @ColumnSize, @Data_Type
END TRY
BEGIN CATCH
RETURN (1)
END CATCH
END
CLOSE db_cursor
DEALLOCATE db_cursor
BEGIN TRY
-- remove last comma
IF @pColumnHeader = 1
SET @HeaderRow = SUBSTRING(@HeaderRow , 1, LEN(@HeaderRow ) - 1)
SET @ColumnSelect = SUBSTRING(@ColumnSelect, 1, LEN(@ColumnSelect) - 1)
-- Put on the finishing touches on the SELECT
IF @pColumnHeader = 1
SET @SQLSelect = 'SELECT ' + @HeaderRow + ' UNION ALL ' +
'SELECT ' + @ColumnSelect + ' FROM [' + @pTableName + ']'
ELSE
SET @SQLSelect = 'SELECT ' + @ColumnSelect + ' FROM [' + @pTableName + ']'
---- diagnostics
---- PRINT truncates at 4k or 8k, not sure, my tables have many colummns
--PRINT @SQLSelect
--DECLARE @END varchar(max) = RIGHT(@SQLSelect, 3000)
--PRINT @end
--EXECUTE sp_executesql @SQLSelect
-- drop view if exists -- using view because some tables are very wide. one of my tables had a 33k select statement
SET @SQLCommand = '
IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM SYS.views WHERE name = ''v_ExportTable'')
BEGIN
DROP VIEW v_ExportTable
END'
EXECUTE @ReturnCode = sp_executesql @SQLCommand
IF @returncode = 1
BEGIN
RETURN (1)
END
-- create the view
SET @SQLCommand = '
CREATE VIEW v_ExportTable AS ' + @SQLSelect
-- diagnostics
--print @sqlcommand
EXECUTE @ReturnCode = sp_executesql @SQLCommand
IF @returncode = 1
BEGIN
RETURN (1)
END
END TRY
BEGIN CATCH
RETURN (1)
END CATCH
RETURN (0)
END -- CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[ExportTablesCreateView]
GO

How can I convert table object into table record format?

I need to write a store procedure to convert table object into table record. The stored procedure will have a table object IN and then pass the data into another stored procedure with a table record IN. Data passed in may contain more than one record in the table object. Is there any example I can take a look? Thanks.

I'm afraid it's a bit labourious but here's an example.
I think it's a good idea to work with SQL objects rather than PL/SQL nested tables.
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE emp_t AS OBJECT
2      (eno NUMBER(4)
3      , ename VARCHAR2(10)
4      , job VARCHAR2(9)
5      , mgr NUMBER(4)
6      , hiredate DATE
7      , sal NUMBER(7,2)
8      , comm NUMBER(7,2)
9      , deptno NUMBER(2));
10 /
Type created.
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE staff_nt AS TABLE OF emp_t
2 /
Type created.
SQL> Now we've got some Types let's use them. I've only implemented this as one public procedure but you can see the principles in action.
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE emp_utils AS
2      TYPE EmpCurTyp IS REF CURSOR RETURN emp%ROWTYPE;
3      PROCEDURE pop_emp (p_emps in staff_nt);
4 END emp_utils;
5 /
Package created.
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY emp_utils AS
2      FUNCTION emp_obj_to_rows (p_emps IN staff_nt) RETURN EmpCurTyp IS
3          rc EmpCurTyp;
4      BEGIN
5          OPEN rc FOR SELECT * FROM TABLE( CAST ( p_emps AS staff_nt ));
6          RETURN rc;
7      END emp_obj_to_rows;
8      PROCEDURE pop_emp (p_emps in staff_nt) is
9          e_rec emp%ROWTYPE;
10          l_emps EmpCurTyp;
11      BEGIN
12          l_emps := emp_obj_to_rows(p_emps);
13          FETCH l_emps INTO e_rec;
14          LOOP
15              EXIT WHEN l_emps%NOTFOUND;
16              INSERT INTO emp VALUES e_rec;
17              FETCH l_emps INTO e_rec;
18          END LOOP;
19          CLOSE l_emps;
20      END pop_emp;
21 END;
22 /
Package body created.
SQL>Looks good. Let's see it in action...
SQL> DECLARE
2      newbies staff_nt := staff_nt();
3 BEGIN
4      newbies.extend(2);
5      newbies(1) := emp_t(7777, 'APC', 'CODER', 7902, sysdate, 1700, null, 40);
6      newbies(2) := emp_t(7778, 'J RANDOM', 'HACKER', 7902, sysdate, 1800, null, 40);
7      emp_utils.pop_emp(newbies);
8 END;
9 /
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> SELECT * FROM emp WHERE deptno = 40
2 /
     EMPNO ENAME      JOB              MGR HIREDATE         SAL       COMM
    DEPTNO
      7777 APC        CODER           7902 17-NOV-05       1700
        40
      7778 J RANDOM   HACKER          7902 17-NOV-05       1800
        40
SQL>     Cheers, APC

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