HTML text to Office table

[msmemory_archive]

O mighty intarweb: Is there a quick way to take data that are in html, laid out visually like a table but actually simple text, and import it into a Word or Excel table, with the data properly separated into table columns? I know several brute force ways, but am I missing a friendly little tool that'll do it quick?

ETA: I'm trying to take this data (http://op.eastkingdom.org/Awards/Pelican.html and Laurel.html and Chivalry.html) and put it into a single grand date-sortable table. I figure this is a nice little project for a snowy Saturday morning.

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[mayica.livejournal.com]

Here's how I do it:
Save the file. Open it in Word (you need to look at "All Documents," not jus "ALl readable docs") and Save as.. a text file. CLose the file, and open it in Excel. Tell the importer that it's a fixed width file, and it'll work.

This worked 'cause the first field, date, was always the same width. It's a lot more of a pain if that's not true.