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  copying tables, etc from word into PS?

  Posted by Jimmy Brunger on February 22, 2007 at 10:40 am

  Hi,

  I may be just being lazy here, but before I spend ages reformatting and re-aligning 10 pages of text I just wondered if there was any kind of script or way of importing tables and coloumns, etc into Photoshop from word?

  Obviously I can just copy&paste text right in, but I’ve a bunch of data in tables that I need to re-create in PS (I’ve been charged with ‘sexing-up’ our ratecard) and just wondered if I basically have to remake the tables from scratch with shapes and lines, or whether there’s a way PS recognises this sort of thing and converts it?

  Thanks.

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  Jimmy Brunger replied 19 years, 2 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Mike Gondek

  February 22, 2007 at 3:00 pm

  In word use table >> select table
  Then copy this in word and paste into photoshop
  The result will be bitmapped, but all your colors and table formatting should carry over

  If you want vector quality, print your page to the PDF driver, then place the resulting PDF file as a smart object in Photoshop.

  If you will need to edit the table to sex it up, you can open the PDF in Illustrator.

  
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  Jimmy Brunger

  February 23, 2007 at 4:27 pm

  You are a god amongst men, that is great Mike, thanks.

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