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I have a text in a single cell of table in Microsoft Office word image below that represents one cell of table in Microsoft Office Word

I want to split the cell into multiple rows by paragraph, such that outcome should be

1   Aaatika Arif    Form–III

in a single table row and similarly all text rows visible in image should be shifted to their own table rows.

1. split cells
   
   
   
   
   • Select the cell you need to split
   
   
   • go to "table tools" - layout
   
   
   • click "split cells"
   
   
   • set desired number of columns / rows (1 / 4 in your case)
   
   
   • click "ok"
   
   
   • this will insert new rows, but keep text in the first one
   
   
   
   

before:

after:

2. distribute text
   
   
   
   
   • select the text you want to split
   
   
   • right-click and cut (CTRL+X)
   
   
   • select all the rows you want to fill
   
   
   • right-click and paste (CTRL+V)
   
   
   
   

Although I usually use the Split Cells command, as Máté Juhász suggests, another way to do this is to use Word's Draw Table tool.

Select the table, or make sure that the cursor is somewhere inside it, and then, on the Table Tools > Layout tab, in the Draw group, click Draw Table.

Then just draw in horizontal lines between the paragraphs that you want to split into rows. Word will break the single cell into multiple rows.

Note, however, that the Draw Table tool is a bit fussy. If you don't draw the line in just the right place between paragraphs, you end up with extra rows or rows inserted between paragraphs other than the ones that you intended.

Tip: I always find that I need to basically draw right through the middle of the text in each paragraph to get the tool to work the way I want. So, to get the table to divide between paragraphs 1 and 2, draw through the middle of the line of text in paragraph 1. Then draw through the middle of the text in paragraph 2 to divide the table between paragraphs 2 and 3, and so on.

You'll probably also end up with extra space at the bottom of the last row, as shown below. In this case, just drag the bottom border upward until the extra space disappears. (Be sure to turn off the Draw Table tool first, either by clicking the button again or by pressing Esc.)

Update: I was assuming that your screenshot reflected the actual size of your tables. If, as you say, you're dealing with tables that have 150 paragraphs, this solution, which would otherwise be very quick (once you become accustomed to the tool), will obviously be too much work.

I had a similar problem, but one row with two columns, each of which had many paragraphs of text I wanted to split.

I selected and copied all text in both columns, then pasted it into a new blank Excel file, and it automatically split those paragraphs into rows. I then selected the cells in Excel and copied-and-pasted them into Word - that fixed the problem for me.