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I have a large (72 page) file I copied and Pasted to Word 2004.

The lines are not completed across the entire page. This leaves a
rather large task of placing cursor then hitting delete, to get all lines
to fill out properly.

Is there not an easier way to accomplish the above?

Many thanks for your kind assist.
drybones


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On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 11:22:10 -0800, "drybones"
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I have a large (72 page) file I copied and Pasted to Word 2004.

The lines are not completed across the entire page. This leaves a
rather large task of placing cursor then hitting delete, to get all lines
to fill out properly.

Is there not an easier way to accomplish the above?

Many thanks for your kind assist.
drybones


You can fix most of these problems with a few passes of Edit
Replace. See
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...eanWebText.htm.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
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"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
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On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 11:22:10 -0800, "drybones"
wrote:

I have a large (72 page) file I copied and Pasted to Word 2004.

The lines are not completed across the entire page. This leaves a
rather large task of placing cursor then hitting delete, to get all lines
to fill out properly.

Is there not an easier way to accomplish the above?

Many thanks for your kind assist.
drybones


You can fix most of these problems with a few passes of Edit
Replace. See
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...eanWebText.htm.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org


Gave the above a go and still no changes 8^(.

Thanks anyway,
drybones


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Do you see paragraph or line breaks at the ends of lines when you display
nonprinting characters?

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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"drybones" wrote in message
...

"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 11:22:10 -0800, "drybones"
wrote:

I have a large (72 page) file I copied and Pasted to Word 2004.

The lines are not completed across the entire page. This leaves a
rather large task of placing cursor then hitting delete, to get all

lines
to fill out properly.

Is there not an easier way to accomplish the above?

Many thanks for your kind assist.
drybones


You can fix most of these problems with a few passes of Edit
Replace. See
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...eanWebText.htm.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org


Gave the above a go and still no changes 8^(.

Thanks anyway,
drybones



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There's a probability that the end of line paragraph marks are no the
standard character (it depends where you have copied your text from). Try
copying and pasting the marks into the Find box (note you have to use Ctrl+V
to paste in the Find Dialog) instead of using ^p.

--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/

"drybones" wrote in message
...
:
: "Jay Freedman" wrote in message
: ...
: On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 11:22:10 -0800, "drybones"
: wrote:
:
: I have a large (72 page) file I copied and Pasted to Word 2004.
:
: The lines are not completed across the entire page. This leaves a
: rather large task of placing cursor then hitting delete, to get all
lines
: to fill out properly.
:
: Is there not an easier way to accomplish the above?
:
: Many thanks for your kind assist.
: drybones
:
:
: You can fix most of these problems with a few passes of Edit
: Replace. See
: http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...eanWebText.htm.
:
: --
: Regards,
: Jay Freedman
: Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
:
: Gave the above a go and still no changes 8^(.
:
: Thanks anyway,
: drybones
:
:




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I believe using ^13 is suggested in the article.

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"TF" terryfarrell%40%6d%73%6e%2ecom wrote in message
...
There's a probability that the end of line paragraph marks are no the
standard character (it depends where you have copied your text from). Try
copying and pasting the marks into the Find box (note you have to use

Ctrl+V
to paste in the Find Dialog) instead of using ^p.

--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/

"drybones" wrote in message
...
:
: "Jay Freedman" wrote in message
: ...
: On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 11:22:10 -0800, "drybones"
: wrote:
:
: I have a large (72 page) file I copied and Pasted to Word 2004.
:
: The lines are not completed across the entire page. This leaves a
: rather large task of placing cursor then hitting delete, to get all
lines
: to fill out properly.
:
: Is there not an easier way to accomplish the above?
:
: Many thanks for your kind assist.
: drybones
:
:
: You can fix most of these problems with a few passes of Edit
: Replace. See
: http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...eanWebText.htm.
:
: --
: Regards,
: Jay Freedman
: Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
:
: Gave the above a go and still no changes 8^(.
:
: Thanks anyway,
: drybones
:
:



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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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I believe using ^13 is suggested in the article.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"TF" terryfarrell%40%6d%73%6e%2ecom wrote in message
...
There's a probability that the end of line paragraph marks are no the
standard character (it depends where you have copied your text from). Try
copying and pasting the marks into the Find box (note you have to use

Ctrl+V
to paste in the Find Dialog) instead of using ^p.

--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/

"drybones" wrote in message
...
:
: "Jay Freedman" wrote in message
: ...
: On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 11:22:10 -0800, "drybones"
: wrote:
:
: I have a large (72 page) file I copied and Pasted to Word 2004.
:
: The lines are not completed across the entire page. This leaves a
: rather large task of placing cursor then hitting delete, to get all
lines
: to fill out properly.
:
: Is there not an easier way to accomplish the above?
:
: Many thanks for your kind assist.
: drybones
:
:
: You can fix most of these problems with a few passes of Edit
: Replace. See
: http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...eanWebText.htm.
:
: --
: Regards,
: Jay Freedman
: Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
:
: Gave the above a go and still no changes 8^(.
:
: Thanks anyway,
: drybones
:

These are sentences within a paragraph that just stop at the period, and the
next sentence
takes up on a new line below. etc.

I do thank all for your help and wish you each a Happy New Year.
drybones


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You haven't answered whether or not there is a paragraph break or line break
at the end of each sentence. If neither is the case, a long shot might be
that all the interword spaces are nonbreaking spaces (which would be bizarre
but would at least explain the phenomenon).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"drybones" wrote in message
...

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
I believe using ^13 is suggested in the article.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the

newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"TF" terryfarrell%40%6d%73%6e%2ecom wrote in message
...
There's a probability that the end of line paragraph marks are no the
standard character (it depends where you have copied your text from).

Try
copying and pasting the marks into the Find box (note you have to use

Ctrl+V
to paste in the Find Dialog) instead of using ^p.

--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/

"drybones" wrote in message
...
:
: "Jay Freedman" wrote in message
: ...
: On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 11:22:10 -0800, "drybones"


: wrote:
:
: I have a large (72 page) file I copied and Pasted to Word 2004.
:
: The lines are not completed across the entire page. This leaves a
: rather large task of placing cursor then hitting delete, to get all
lines
: to fill out properly.
:
: Is there not an easier way to accomplish the above?
:
: Many thanks for your kind assist.
: drybones
:
:
: You can fix most of these problems with a few passes of Edit
: Replace. See
: http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...eanWebText.htm.
:
: --
: Regards,
: Jay Freedman
: Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
:
: Gave the above a go and still no changes 8^(.
:
: Thanks anyway,
: drybones
:

These are sentences within a paragraph that just stop at the period, and

the
next sentence
takes up on a new line below. etc.

I do thank all for your help and wish you each a Happy New Year.
drybones



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Suzanne, I do not know how to determine paragraph breaks. 8^(
This problem appeared in a second d/l file as well.

It must be something in the original document as I have no idea
of the formatting. Spent an hour and half doing the placing cursor
then hitting delete to save wasted space. the last d/l was a 36 page
and when I finished it came out to a 25 page doc.

My knowledge of formatting a document is minimal at best.


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
You haven't answered whether or not there is a paragraph break or line
break
at the end of each sentence. If neither is the case, a long shot might be
that all the interword spaces are nonbreaking spaces (which would be
bizarre
but would at least explain the phenomenon).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"drybones" wrote in message
...

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
I believe using ^13 is suggested in the article.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the

newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"TF" terryfarrell%40%6d%73%6e%2ecom wrote in message
...
There's a probability that the end of line paragraph marks are no the
standard character (it depends where you have copied your text from).

Try
copying and pasting the marks into the Find box (note you have to use
Ctrl+V
to paste in the Find Dialog) instead of using ^p.

--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/

"drybones" wrote in message
...
:
: "Jay Freedman" wrote in message
: ...
: On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 11:22:10 -0800, "drybones"


: wrote:
:
: I have a large (72 page) file I copied and Pasted to Word 2004.
:
: The lines are not completed across the entire page. This leaves a
: rather large task of placing cursor then hitting delete, to get
all
lines
: to fill out properly.
:
: Is there not an easier way to accomplish the above?
:
: Many thanks for your kind assist.
: drybones
:
:
: You can fix most of these problems with a few passes of Edit
: Replace. See
: http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...eanWebText.htm.
:
: --
: Regards,
: Jay Freedman
: Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
:
: Gave the above a go and still no changes 8^(.
:
: Thanks anyway,
: drybones
:

These are sentences within a paragraph that just stop at the period, and

the
next sentence
takes up on a new line below. etc.

I do thank all for your help and wish you each a Happy New Year.
drybones





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See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm. Does each line
end in a pilcrow (¶) or an arrow bent at a right angle?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"drybones" wrote in message
...
Suzanne, I do not know how to determine paragraph breaks. 8^(
This problem appeared in a second d/l file as well.

It must be something in the original document as I have no idea
of the formatting. Spent an hour and half doing the placing cursor
then hitting delete to save wasted space. the last d/l was a 36 page
and when I finished it came out to a 25 page doc.

My knowledge of formatting a document is minimal at best.


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
You haven't answered whether or not there is a paragraph break or line
break
at the end of each sentence. If neither is the case, a long shot might

be
that all the interword spaces are nonbreaking spaces (which would be
bizarre
but would at least explain the phenomenon).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the

newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"drybones" wrote in message
...

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
I believe using ^13 is suggested in the article.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the

newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"TF" terryfarrell%40%6d%73%6e%2ecom wrote in message
...
There's a probability that the end of line paragraph marks are no

the
standard character (it depends where you have copied your text

from).
Try
copying and pasting the marks into the Find box (note you have to

use
Ctrl+V
to paste in the Find Dialog) instead of using ^p.

--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/

"drybones" wrote in message
...
:
: "Jay Freedman" wrote in message
: ...
: On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 11:22:10 -0800, "drybones"


: wrote:
:
: I have a large (72 page) file I copied and Pasted to Word 2004.
:
: The lines are not completed across the entire page. This leaves

a
: rather large task of placing cursor then hitting delete, to get
all
lines
: to fill out properly.
:
: Is there not an easier way to accomplish the above?
:
: Many thanks for your kind assist.
: drybones
:
:
: You can fix most of these problems with a few passes of Edit
: Replace. See
: http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...eanWebText.htm.
:
: --
: Regards,
: Jay Freedman
: Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
:
: Gave the above a go and still no changes 8^(.
:
: Thanks anyway,
: drybones
:
These are sentences within a paragraph that just stop at the period,

and
the
next sentence
takes up on a new line below. etc.

I do thank all for your help and wish you each a Happy New Year.
drybones








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Thanks Suzanne,
I have given up and deleted the manuscript.
No others are giving me this problem.
drybones


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm. Does each line
end in a pilcrow (¶) or an arrow bent at a right angle?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"drybones" wrote in message
...
Suzanne, I do not know how to determine paragraph breaks. 8^(
This problem appeared in a second d/l file as well.

It must be something in the original document as I have no idea
of the formatting. Spent an hour and half doing the placing cursor
then hitting delete to save wasted space. the last d/l was a 36 page
and when I finished it came out to a 25 page doc.

My knowledge of formatting a document is minimal at best.


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
You haven't answered whether or not there is a paragraph break or line
break
at the end of each sentence. If neither is the case, a long shot might

be
that all the interword spaces are nonbreaking spaces (which would be
bizarre
but would at least explain the phenomenon).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the

newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"drybones" wrote in message
...

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
I believe using ^13 is suggested in the article.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"TF" terryfarrell%40%6d%73%6e%2ecom wrote in message
...
There's a probability that the end of line paragraph marks are no

the
standard character (it depends where you have copied your text

from).
Try
copying and pasting the marks into the Find box (note you have to

use
Ctrl+V
to paste in the Find Dialog) instead of using ^p.

--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/

"drybones" wrote in message
...
:
: "Jay Freedman" wrote in message
: ...
: On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 11:22:10 -0800, "drybones"

: wrote:
:
: I have a large (72 page) file I copied and Pasted to Word 2004.
:
: The lines are not completed across the entire page. This leaves

a
: rather large task of placing cursor then hitting delete, to get
all
lines
: to fill out properly.
:
: Is there not an easier way to accomplish the above?
:
: Many thanks for your kind assist.
: drybones
:
:
: You can fix most of these problems with a few passes of Edit
: Replace. See
: http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...eanWebText.htm.
:
: --
: Regards,
: Jay Freedman
: Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
:
: Gave the above a go and still no changes 8^(.
:
: Thanks anyway,
: drybones
:
These are sentences within a paragraph that just stop at the period,

and
the
next sentence
takes up on a new line below. etc.

I do thank all for your help and wish you each a Happy New Year.
drybones








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