Conversion of a file, advice please

[ainslie]

After I broke a digital camera, I saved all the photos from its card to a DVD.  I have a file -12 pages of A4 - which I made by copying the summary list of contents and pasting it into Word.  It consists of columns: serial number, date and time taken, type of file [JPG], size in KB.

I would now like to add titles as a column but do not know how to approach this.  Can anyone  please advise if it is possible, and how to do it, in plain language?

Ainslie

[matthewj64]

This shows how to add a column to a table in Word which, if I understand correctly, is what you want to do

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGtXGJidaKM

Hope that helps !

M 

[KGarrad]

Not sure if you are adding a column, or adding titles to the columns?
To add column titles:

Click, and highlight the top row.
Click on Table Tools, Layout - then Insert Above.

Edit the cells as appropriate!

[BumbleB]

BUT try it out on something else first - not on your large file 

[KGarrad]

BUT try it out on something else first - not on your large file 

No need?
Just close without saving, and your file will still be in it's original state.

[BumbleB]

That's absolutely true, but accidents do happen, and if you save it by mistake then    I'd rather be safe than sorry.  You only need to set up a new file with, say, a 3 column table, enter a couple of lines, then insert another column to see how it works. 

[Berlin-Bob]

BUT try it out on something else first - not on your large file 

No need?
Just close without saving, and your file will still be in it's original state.

In theory yes, but ....
it's too easy to click on SAVE before remembering "I shouldn't have done that !"
(That is also one of the definitions of a 'split second'  )

Whether photo restorations, spreadsheets, or any other documents, if you are "just trying something out" then it is always better to make a copy to play with.

Bob

Sources:  experience, experience, experience (and probably future experience too !)

[[Ray]]

 
OR,
 
Win10 > Excel suggestion (Using CD Elvis - If I can Dream)
 Start Windows Powershell
Run command . . . . . CD \d:
Run command . . . . . DIR > C\temp\folderlist.txt
Go to and open C:\temp\folderlist.txt Copy all
Open Excel
Paste
Select "text to columns" (Should work without this)


 
Mode    LastWrite       Time    Length    Name   
 ----          -------------        ------     ----   
 --r---    01/01/1995    00:00    44    Track01.cda
 --r---    01/01/1995    00:00    44    Track02.cda
 --r---    01/01/1995    00:00    44    Track03.cda
 --r---    01/01/1995    00:00    44    Track04.cda
 --r---    01/01/1995    00:00    44    Track05.cda
 --r---    01/01/1995    00:00    44    Track06.cda
 --r---    01/01/1995    00:00    44    Track07.cda
 --r---    01/01/1995    00:00    44    Track08.cda
 --r---    01/01/1995    00:00    44    Track09.cda
 --r---    01/01/1995    00:00    44    Track10.cda
 --r---    01/01/1995    00:00    44    Track11.cda
 --r---    01/01/1995    00:00    44    Track12.cda
 --r---    01/01/1995    00:00    44    Track13.cda
 --r---    01/01/1995    00:00    44    Track14.cda


No backup needed, no paper wasted.
However I would make a second copy of your fotos in case the dvd fails.


Ray
ps Now playing Elvis + RPO = Great ! 
Hunka Hunka Burning Love
 

 

[ainslie]

Thanks for all those.  It seems that I have copied and pasted as a picture, so it is not responding as a table.  Does this need a different approach, perhaps conversion of some sort?
A