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Rae Drysdale
 
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Default find and replace = delete

Use the Find and Replace, but do not put anything in the Replace box.
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Rae Drysdale


"Ben" wrote:

I am trying to use the find and replace feature to get rid of a bunch of
periods in a document. I am able to turn them into spaces, but not get rid
of them completely.

This is analogues to what I have:

XXXX€¦€¦. XX XXX XX
XXXXXX€¦€¦. XXX XX XX
XXXXX€¦€¦. XXXX XXX XX
XXX€¦€¦. XX XXX XX
(instead of 4 lines I have 50 lines, and I have 20 documents like this, so
deleting by hand will take far to long)

This is what I want it to look like:
XXXX XX XXX XX
XXXXXX XXX XX XX
XXXXX XXXX XXX XX
XXX XX XXX XX

Thanks,

Ben