Creating a second column in a table

[Guest]

I've converted block of text to a single column with 50 rows. Each row now
has a movie title and year the movie was released, a comma, and the
director's name.

Is there a way to split the table into two colums of 50 rows, with the split
occurring at the comma, so that the director's name is in a column separate
from the movie title? (I want to be able to sort by director name).

For those curious, the list of movies is from a new DVD, ESSENTIAL ART
HOUSE: 50 YEARS OF JANUS FILMS.

Thanks for any help anyone can offer.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Table | Convert | Text to Table; Separate at <comma>

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Guest]

Thanks, Suzanne. However, this doesn't work because I've already converted
the text to a table. Still, gave it a shot anyway and all it does is nest
blank cell(s) into the first row of the table. The rest of the rows are
pushed down.

Any other ideas?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Oh, sorry.

Table | Convert | Table to Text.

Then Table | Convert | Text to Table.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Jay Freedman]

First use Table > Convert > Table to Text to change the table into
plain text. Then select the same text and use Table > Convert > Text
to Table to convert it to a table, but this time choose the comma as
the separator.

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[Guest]

Thanks very much, Suzanne. Didn't even think to convert back again, then
choose a second delimiter.

 

[Guest]

Thanks very much, Jay. Didn't even think to convert back again, then choose a
second delimiter.