Put your cursor in the first line of data.
Hold down the alt key and use your mouse to select down the first column.
Press "|" to insert the character in all selected columns.
Use control+right to move to the next work.
Add a space, then another "|" character.

First Last Color
Joe Jones Red
Julia Juarez Green
Dave Douglas Black
Alice Abbott Blue

Goal

| First | Last | Color |
| Joe | Jones | Red |
| Julia | Juarez | Green |
| Dave | Douglas | Black |
| Alice | Abbott | Blue |