Importing Word tables

I need to import into Pages a one page Word document consisting of some text, plus a side table (2 cols x 8 rows) containing photos.
I haven't been able to figure out how to do it, as importing the table seems simply not possible, because Pages will do dreadful things to it.
Anybody could give me a hint on how to do it?
Thank you.

I'm not sure what to tell you. I have opened many Word documents with tables without problems. It could be that there is something wrong with the Word file. Another user had a long Word document with multiple tables recently that Pages would not open. I tried opening it with several different programs with limited success. If you'd like, you can send the file to me & I will give it a try. You can get my e-mail address by clicking my name in blue next to this post. Please give your e-mail a subject of "problem Word file with table."
Peggy

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You should be able to run below code to get the data out of the Tabel(s) of a Word Document from within Excel.
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I have already slightly modified the code to skip the header information.
Sub ImportWordTable()
Dim wdDoc As Object
Dim wdFileName As Variant
Dim TableNo As Integer 'table number in Word
Dim iRow As Long 'row index in Excel
Dim iCol As Integer 'column index in Excel
wdFileName = Application.GetOpenFilename("Word files (*.docx),*.docx", , _
"Browse for file containing table to be imported")
If wdFileName = False Then Exit Sub '(user cancelled import file browser)
Set wdDoc = GetObject(wdFileName) 'open Word file
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TableNo = wdDoc.tables.Count
If TableNo = 0 Then
MsgBox "This document contains no tables", _
vbExclamation, "Import Word Table"
ElseIf TableNo > 1 Then
TableNo = InputBox("This Word document contains " & TableNo & " tables." & vbCrLf & _
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End If
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For iRow = 2 To .Rows.Count
For iCol = 1 To .Columns.Count
' Define starting point here
Cells(iRow - 1, iCol) = WorksheetFunction.Clean(.cell(iRow, iCol).Range.Text)
Next iCol
Next iRow
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End With
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End Sub
The source is this link:
Export Word Table in Excel
Also this Forum is more for generic Excel questions, for better response post in Excel For Developer Forum.
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we don't want to be so awkward please have a look here:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/indesign/cs/using/WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6ff5a.h tml#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6ff2a and see "Importing tables from other applications".
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