Many people still question why converting a table to text and text to table in Google Docs is such a huge problem as technology develops. So, you change the table back to plain text or even tab-formatted text to accomplish such a jailbreak. This long-form article will show you how to convert a table to text in Google Docs in simple steps.
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How to convert table to text in Google Docs
Follow the below steps.
1. Navigate to https://docs.google.com/ and click the + (blank) to create a new empty Google Docs document.
2. Now, create a new table.
3. To create a table, click the “Insert” menu, select the “Table” feature, and add relevant rows and columns. I created a table with five rows and five columns using this document as an example.
4. Create the table and then begin to populate it with relevant information.
5. The next step is to convert your table into text. To do so, copy the table and paste the content using the option “Paste without formatting,” or you can use “Ctrl+Shift+v” to paste the content efficiently.
However, doing this has limitations, so let’s discuss how they can be rectified.
The content in the table must be manually aligned using the tab option when copied and pasted.
The second most accessible method for converting a table to text is to change the line color of the table to white.
You can change the table color to white by following these steps.
1. Select the entire table once the table has been created.
2. Now, choose the “Border color” option.
3. By selecting the “Border color” option, the “Border color dialog box will appear with various color choices on the screen.
4. You can now choose the color “white” from the color palette.
Following the abovementioned techniques, you can effectively convert the table to text in Google Docs.
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I am Rajkishore, and I have over 14 years of experience in the Software Industry. For a long time, I have been using Google Docs, Google Drive, and Google Sheets for my document usage, and I am sharing all the tips and tricks, the challenges I have come across, and their solutions to use Google Docs for your day-to-day use. I hope you will learn from these practical Google Docs tutorials. Read more.