Goto to the Replace in the Edit Menu

Edit Replace

At the bottom of the Find and Replace click the MORE options

Then click the Special Button and there you will find your hard returns.

Good Luck,
Mike

"DavidH" wrote in message
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Greetings group
I desire to do a search and replace on a word document where by the
soft line breaks inserted automaticaly by WORD are replaced with hard (
or manual ) linebreaks.
Many thanks for assistance
DavidH