Dave, would you post an excerpt? A paragraph or two should do it.
Thanks,
rs
"Dave" wrote in message ...
: Let's all remain calm everybody, the OP forgot to mention something key.
: Shall we start over.
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: I am the lucky recipient of a very lengthy report contained in,
: unfortunately not attached to, an email message (if you think this OP is a
: problem you should be so lucky as to be working with the sender). My duty
: is to edit this doc extensively, then combine it with others, etc., etc.
:
: When you C/P from the email into Word, you get a zillion line
: ending/backspace/paragraph characters, with formatting to match. Really
: ugly.
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: I was hoping there was a way to find/replace to clean this mess up.
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: Dave
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: "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message
: .. .
: Okay. I was thinking more along the lines of a letter/number/symbol and
: not a command. Perhaps the OP needs to clarify what he/she is doing.
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: JoAnn Paules
: MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
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: "tcebob" handle @ gwi.net wrote in message
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: Well, actually, there is. (008) But whether Word uses it, I don't know;
: probably not.
: There is an overtype format for making overlines and so forth but I can't
: say how it
: actually works.
:
: The backspace used to work fine on dot matrix printers and Selectrics,
: together with line
: feed (without carriage return). I programmed some tables with these
: characters and it was
: fun to watch the printer jog back and forth, up and down.
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: rs
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: "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message
: news
: : There is no such thing as a "backspace character".
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: : JoAnn Paules
: : MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
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: : "Dave" wrote in message
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: : How can I do a Find and Replace on the backspace character?. I don't
: see
: : how to get the backspace character into the 'Find What" slot.
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: : Thx
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: : Dave
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