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If you are working with tables in a document, at some point you may find it helpful to transpose the contents of the table, so that rows become columns and columns become rows.
There is no way to do this in Word. There is, however, a way to transpose rows and columns in Excel. So, the typical method of accomplishing this task is to use both Word and Excel, using these general steps:
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2013-09-12 23:26:50
Scott B.
This is possible in Word. I found a macro years ago that will do this. You can find it here (see Ibby's comment): http://computer-programming-forum.com/1-vba/aa85de98f8eb3933.htm
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