[macropod[_2_]]

Hi ISay,

Ordinarily, Word expects a paragraph mark to consist of two characters - Hex OD & OA (ASCII 13 & 10). These constitute a carriage
return and line-feed pair. Sometimes, only the carriage return may be presnt, but Word will still display it as '¶'.

All you need to do to overcome this is to use '^13' in the 'Find' box and, if you want to replace it with a 'proper' paragraph
marker, '^p' in the 'Replace' box.

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Cheers
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]


"ISay" wrote in message ...
I have tried the Macros that are supposed to remove empty paragraphs but they
don't work and I've used find/replace. The problem is that the document is
left with paragraph marks which Word 2003 does not see/recognize. I even
tried removing all paragraph marks and ended up with the following:

and white beans1. Heat 2 tbsp of the olive oil in a large heavy-¶
based pan over a medium heat. Add the shallots ¶
and garlic to the pan. Cook gently for 5 minutes ¶
until well softened. Halve the tomatoes and chop ¶
the tomato flesh into chunky pieces. Stir the ¶
tomatoes and bay leaves into the pan and crumble ¶
the dried chillies over.2. Stir in the beans and 100 ml water. Season with ¶

It seems the only way to remove them is manually, not an option.

I thought of creating a macro to go to the end of the line and backspace
over the mark and add a space if needed but I don't know how to loop a macro
to the end of the document.

I have searched for a "how to" for looping but they are all specific to the
problem under discussion and I don't know how to use the information for
using it as I would like to. Can you create a macro for me and explain
exactly how to use it? Also tell me how to create a loop within any macro so
I can use it however I need.

I was born a blond and have no idea of Visual Basic. I've tried editing
macros but only ended up corrupting them because I don't know how to do it.