Word Instructions Document in Tables - Find Duplicate Steps

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The document is one big table...but for formatting, some are broken across pages with CR.

This statement is not consistent with your earlier advice:

I have a Word document (one of many) (150 + pages) which is laid out in tables in the document. ... Every table row has either 2 columns or 3.

Is it one big table, or many tables?

Likewise:

for formatting, some are broken across pages with CR. If macros cannot see the CR break in a table, then that is better..it will move to the next table row?

is not consistent with:

I have a Word document (one of many) (150 + pages) which is laid out in tables in the document. ... Every table row has either 2 columns or 3.

Carriage returns do not break a table and should not be used the way you have done. Ever heard of formatting paragraphs with the 'page break before' attribute? Carriage returns used the way you have done will definitely impact a macro that's doing comparisons.