Dave Peterson posted the following advice to a similar question:
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I do this:
Inside Word, select the table and do two Edit|Replaces.
First one replaces paragraph mark (^p) with a unique string ($$$)
second one replaces manual line break (^l) (lowercase ELL) with $$$
Then copy the table and paste into Excel.
then do an Edit|Replace within excel.
Replace $$$
with hit and hold the alt-key and type 0010 from the number pad
(It may look like nothing was entered, but try it.)
alt-0010 is the same as the alt-enter to wrap to a new line in an excel
cell.
Don't forget to close the word document without saving.
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