In Writer: How to paste multiple lines into a table so that each line will go into a separate cell?

[jepe1]

Hi,
this is really annoying…
I have 22 lines… and I have a table with 22 rows…
and I see the lines with the eye of my soul flying smoothly into these rows (or cells in rows) but I can’t make it happen…

(This topic has been created after I have found and used the solution with success…
I want to pass this solution on… and I would like that fellow-forumer of ours to ge that kudo for providing the community with an elegant solution – which Libreoffice Writer makes possible )

[jepe1]

Please UPVOTE Paul’s solution, not my comment here! (follow the link below)
One note to Paul1149’s solution:
For delimiter, choose “paragraph”… that will include “new lines”

How to paste multiple lines in a Writer table as multiple rows?

This is not ideal, but it should work. If you don’t have the table yet, simply paste the text into the document. The Select the text, go to the Table menu and select Convert… text to table. Select “Paragraph” as a delimiter, spec enough rows to handle your text, click OK. You should have a one-column table with each line in its own row. Now you can add columns to the table if needed. If your table already exists, you can do the above, the Copy the column and paste it into the desired table. LO…