How to create a table in Asana?

Here’s a workaround that may help you. (If not, it’s still helpful to keep this solution in the bag of tricks for other needs.)

  1. In Word or another app (it works in various apps and I assume Outlook too), select and copy (Cmd-C) your table content:

  2. Go to Plain Text Tables generator – TablesGenerator.com and do File > New Table…:
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  3. Now do Paste table data… then in the dialog paste (Cmd-V) the copied content and click Load, resulting in:

  4. Click the “Copy to Clipboard” button (not shown; at the far right).

  5. Paste into your Asana task’s Description field. Initially it will look like this:
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  6. Select all and apply the Monospace font: Cmd-Shift-M resulting in:
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Larry Berger
Asana2Go & Asana Certified Pro consultant at Trilogi

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